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Title: G.T
Post by: HUTCHMAN on July 20, 2006, 09:59 PM

I've got what i think is a 1982 G.T Nora cup.Are there any GT wizzards on here that might know a bit more.Frame No is "131658",located on the right hand dropout,stamped in-line with the seatstay tube.Also the decals on it are 4130 Chro-moly.Should they be Santa ana'thats what the pads that came with it say(in balck with yellow script)...Anybody got any thoughts?

Regards Dave.

Title: Re: G.T
Post by: DR VINOAH on July 20, 2006, 10:12 PM

i think lee bananaman is u fella 4 nora GT,s :daumenhoch:

the one with the steve mcqueen avatar :4_17_5:

Title: Re: G.T
Post by: aditup2004 on July 20, 2006, 11:25 PM

Whats it look like?
Does it have a flat cut top tube with no stamp?
Does it have a slash cut TT?
Does it have a flat cut TT with a stamp?
Does it have drilled dropouts?
What forks it got?
Let us know?
Piccy?
If it is flat (straight) cut TT, with NO stamp, No drilling in the dropouts, then it is likely to be ERA correct, but the stickers SHOULD be Santa Ana's
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Title: Re: G.T
Post by: theRuler on July 21, 2006, 10:44 AM

sounds like the one i just built
that is an 83 (with 82 nora cup winner stickers. it has to be 83. in 82 they didnt know they had won yet)

pics here - http://30cms.co.uk/temp/richgt

Title: Re: G.T
Post by: HUTCHMAN on July 21, 2006, 11:08 AM

yes,same as your one,even down to the bars.I see you have 4130 chro-moly decals on it...era correct?what process did you use to get rid of the rust,wire wool then autosol?(thanks for your help,by the way)

Dave.

Title: Re: G.T
Post by: theRuler on July 21, 2006, 11:11 AM

Quote from: HUTCHMAN on July 21, 2006, 11:08 AM

yes,same as your one,even down to the bars.I see you have 4130 chro-moly decals on it...era correct?what process did you use to get rid of the rust,wire wool then autosol?(thanks for your help,by the way)

the decals are probably not era correct but they suit ok, and they came along at the right time and right price

i used soapy water / wire wool, then autosol, then brasso

Title: Re: G.T
Post by: HUTCHMAN on July 21, 2006, 11:33 AM

cheers buddy.

Title: Re: G.T
Post by: jT Racing on July 21, 2006, 04:17 PM

absolutely sure that 13 is not 18 , the date is usually 1(month) 81(year) followed by number in that run of production or 11/81 etc... they never did a zero before a single numbered month. a bike made in 81 could have been sold in 82 and therfore stickered up as a nora, or just re stickered by a kid in the eighties.

Title: Re: G.T
Post by: Nosnod on July 22, 2006, 07:42 PM

I was told by a GT expert in the US that the 'Santa Ana' frame decals came on the frame & forksets only and the '4130 Chrome moly' decals came on the full built up bikes

Title: Re: G.T
Post by: theRuler on July 23, 2006, 03:37 PM

Quote from: Nosnod on July 22, 2006, 07:42 PM

I was told by a GT expert in the US that the 'Santa Ana' frame decals came on the frame & forksets only and the '4130 Chrome moly' decals came on the full built up bikes

mine is right then!

Title: Re: G.T
Post by: HUTCHMAN on July 24, 2006, 10:05 AM

just double checked,its definately 131.

Title: Re: G.T
Post by: jT Racing on July 25, 2006, 06:03 PM

thats wierd. :shocked:

Title: Re: G.T
Post by: HUTCHMAN on July 27, 2006, 12:28 PM

have also just noticed,on the inside of the r/h drop out,inbetween the end of the seat and chain stays there is a number 4 stamped.mean anything?

Title: Re: G.T
Post by: dan-dare on July 27, 2006, 01:01 PM

That is a Jan 83 GT Pro.

Very nice, mine has the #4 too. Asked on VBMX a while back, no-one knew what the #4 means.

Decals aren't correct, should be santa-ana for that age. 4130 came later.

regs Dan ;)

Title: Re: G.T
Post by: HUTCHMAN on July 27, 2006, 01:12 PM

cheersdan,know where i can get a decal set?

Title: Re: G.T
Post by: dan-dare on July 27, 2006, 01:20 PM

Only place I know is vert ego.com.

Don't know what the quality of the colors are like?

If your goin to MK, give him a call and ask if you can see a set there before you buy??

Be careful, I bought some a while back and the wings were a poo green, not yellowy.

Dan. :)

Title: Re: G.T
Post by: Bananaman on July 27, 2006, 11:01 PM

The #4 denotes a Pro and a #2 would have made it an expert :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: G.T
Post by: HUTCHMAN on July 28, 2006, 09:09 AM

thanks for that,good to know.

Title: Re: G.T
Post by: nic968 on July 28, 2006, 10:28 PM

131658.....1-Jan,3-(1983),1658-factory frame number...nice...

Title: Re: G.T
Post by: Bananaman on July 29, 2006, 01:50 AM

Nic,
     How do you identify a factory frame number please :shocked:

Lee

Title: Re: G.T
Post by: jT Racing on July 29, 2006, 05:25 PM

(http://www.jttimmerwerk.nl/images/P6170005.JPG)
(http://www.jttimmerwerk.nl/images/P6170006.JPG)
(http://www.jttimmerwerk.nl/images/P6170007.JPG)
(http://www.jttimmerwerk.nl/images/P6170008.JPG)

if that is 1/83

then why are mine and all others that i have seen a 2 digit year?

Title: Re: G.T
Post by: dan-dare on July 31, 2006, 12:48 PM

That is a good point dude. 8)

Title: Re: G.T
Post by: jT Racing on August 01, 2006, 05:19 PM

nobody? have to know now.

Title: Re: G.T
Post by: se on August 01, 2006, 11:16 PM

Crap triv, but did any other BMX firms win the Nora Cup? And who was/is Nora anyway- Wally's Mrs?

Title: Re: G.T
Post by: theRuler on August 02, 2006, 11:18 AM

nora was the bmx action annual awards

bmx action were a major player in bmx, back then.