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Title: i have some mint/nos comp' III's in black
Post by: meticulous on October 15, 2012, 04:00 PM
but there is no coloured   (i.e yellow label,  green/blue label)    label on them to denote the date,  they look just like rainbow label....      ???


 any idea what date they could be from?  

 :-[
Title: Re: i have some mint/nos comp' III's in black
Post by: Devilock on October 15, 2012, 04:02 PM
Get a pic Sam...
Title: Re: i have some mint/nos comp' III's in black
Post by: meticulous on October 15, 2012, 04:18 PM
 :-\ :-\ :-\




(http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z393/quattro2011/007-11.jpg)



just standard lookin comp III's...     :-\
Title: Re: i have some mint/nos comp' III's in black
Post by: Devilock on October 15, 2012, 06:56 PM
No labels whatsoever...? Not a trace...?!

Weird...

Maybe they went through a phase of not being arsed to print them.
Title: Re: i have some mint/nos comp' III's in black
Post by: meticulous on November 02, 2012, 04:42 PM
Was this a silly question?   ???
Title: Re: i have some mint/nos comp' III's in black
Post by: midschooljon on November 02, 2012, 04:48 PM
Somewhere on them will be a manufacturer mark. Its normally moulded into the sidewall.
Title: Re: i have some mint/nos comp' III's in black
Post by: rooski on November 02, 2012, 04:57 PM
Deffo Tioga/mitsuboshi judging by the other marks,maybe these were OEM tyres ???
Title: Re: i have some mint/nos comp' III's in black
Post by: meticulous on November 02, 2012, 05:25 PM
yep,  printed on them is all the usual mitsubushi competition III print,  but no markings for the year,  and no label!   
Title: Re: i have some mint/nos comp' III's in black
Post by: dordymush on November 02, 2012, 05:27 PM
i got a pair of mitsi ones myself with no label on em.
always thought they were seconds or something lol.
Title: Re: i have some mint/nos comp' III's in black
Post by: meticulous on November 02, 2012, 05:29 PM
they definately dont look like seconds,  maybe these are pre-label so worth a fortune....    ;D
Title: Re: i have some mint/nos comp' III's in black
Post by: Bob_Acid on November 02, 2012, 05:31 PM
Interesting.

someone was doing labels a while back that went on like transfers on models, i think it was one of the yanks doing them.

Could make them yellow labels. Only be any good on a show bike though.  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: i have some mint/nos comp' III's in black
Post by: meticulous on November 02, 2012, 05:37 PM
yeah,  i know del has tried but they just peel off, the original is like a dye print of some sort so it cannot be taken off...   so where mine gone?   :-\
Title: Re: i have some mint/nos comp' III's in black
Post by: GTnumber1 on November 02, 2012, 06:41 PM
ive got 2 survivor pairs of these tyres but no label either, it does say made in japan, i too was wondering what year they were so i can flog em  :-\
Title: Re: i have some mint/nos comp' III's in black
Post by: Betty on November 02, 2012, 07:01 PM
Maybe they were unbranded to be sold on a complete
Title: Re: i have some mint/nos comp' III's in black
Post by: meticulous on November 02, 2012, 07:43 PM
so is it safe to put them on a old schooler then?    :)
Title: Re: i have some mint/nos comp' III's in black
Post by: WARDY on November 02, 2012, 08:00 PM
count the tread knobbles Sam , if there is 562 they are fake
Title: Re: i have some mint/nos comp' III's in black
Post by: meticulous on November 02, 2012, 08:40 PM
count the tread knobbles Sam , if there is 562 they are fake


(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/bb150/peem_1/uploads/smiley-dickhead-1.gif)
Title: Re: i have some mint/nos comp' III's in black
Post by: The Burner King on November 03, 2012, 10:33 PM
I know of someone who sold a set of these recently on ebay and they had gen 2 labels put on them, the gen 2 labels were not 100% accurate and they looked ironed on more than printed.

They are the same Genration as the rainbow labels as far as i know, but there must have been a batch made without them printed with labels.

I have seen the odd plain one come up on ebay before..
Title: Re: i have some mint/nos comp' III's in black
Post by: hunterdubber on November 03, 2012, 10:54 PM
I know of someone who sold a set of these recently on ebay and they had gen 2 labels put on them, the gen 2 labels were not 100% accurate and they looked ironed on more than printed.

They are the same Genration as the rainbow labels as far as i know, but there must have been a batch made without them printed with labels.

I have seen the odd plain one come up on ebay before..

Late 90's then  :)

Cool not seen these before  :daumenhoch: good find Sam
Title: Re: i have some mint/nos comp' III's in black
Post by: dordymush on November 03, 2012, 11:00 PM
thats cool then.
i'll put mine on one of my s&m's  :)
Title: Re: i have some mint/nos comp' III's in black
Post by: GTnumber1 on November 03, 2012, 11:12 PM
pulled both mine off 2 survivor  1993 bikes if that helps
Title: Re: i have some mint/nos comp' III's in black
Post by: NORTY40 on November 03, 2012, 11:34 PM
I did pick up on this with Anthony Sam when we were looking at the 3 bikes before the big sell off , thought it was unusual as i had never seen a set before   :D  To me they were identical to the Rainbow Labels he had on one of the other bikes but obviously missing the label .

 Nice tyres whatever they are   :daumenhoch:



Title: Re: i have some mint/nos comp' III's in black
Post by: hunterdubber on November 03, 2012, 11:42 PM
pulled both mine off 2 survivor  1993 bikes if that helps

They may have been fitted  to the bikes later then Stevie  ???

I only say this because about 6 or 7 years ago when Biagio had loads of Rainbow labels in stock
He stated then, Rainbows were from around 1998 to 2000 production and he bought loads from that  time  ???

Title: Re: i have some mint/nos comp' III's in black
Post by: meticulous on November 04, 2012, 08:41 AM
i agree,  somehow they look identical in texture to rainbows,  i've had older comp III's that somehow look and feel differant as if from a differant mold....     :daumenhoch:
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