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09-11-04, 05:01 PM
About a couple of years ago I bought a '77 Raleigh Grand Prix from a guy for $25 bucks. It was a bit shagged but still rode real nice and got me back in the saddle after I had been laid up after getting nailed by a garbage truck on my 22 mile daily commute one morning.
As much as I tried to keep the Raliegh up it isn't getting any younger and seems to be quietly falling apart so I decided to reward its good service to me with a total overhaul keeping as much of the original parts as possible with maybe a couple of upgrades like alloy rims and such. One thing badly needing attention though is a small ding in the seat tube below the front derailuer and some paint. Two questions I have:
1) I'm on a really tight budget so I was thinking of just putting some bondo on the ding. It's really small and I haven't noticed any other problems or dammage from the ding. Is this the best way to go?
2) I'm going to go all out on the paint with a nice mulilayer costom job and while some of the decals are chewed up and a lot of them are real 70's horror shows graphics wise, there are some I would like to preserve or duplicate like the little gold Tour de France Team Raliegh 1976 Championship commemorative decal (think it adds history). Is there any way to save decals or get replacements?
I'm thinking that I won't be able to save the decals or find replacements but I had to at least try to see if they were available somewhere.
As much as I tried to keep the Raliegh up it isn't getting any younger and seems to be quietly falling apart so I decided to reward its good service to me with a total overhaul keeping as much of the original parts as possible with maybe a couple of upgrades like alloy rims and such. One thing badly needing attention though is a small ding in the seat tube below the front derailuer and some paint. Two questions I have:
1) I'm on a really tight budget so I was thinking of just putting some bondo on the ding. It's really small and I haven't noticed any other problems or dammage from the ding. Is this the best way to go?
2) I'm going to go all out on the paint with a nice mulilayer costom job and while some of the decals are chewed up and a lot of them are real 70's horror shows graphics wise, there are some I would like to preserve or duplicate like the little gold Tour de France Team Raliegh 1976 Championship commemorative decal (think it adds history). Is there any way to save decals or get replacements?
I'm thinking that I won't be able to save the decals or find replacements but I had to at least try to see if they were available somewhere.