Last saturday I purchased an original 1972 Centurion Le Mans. The components for the most part were in fair shape, but the paint was basically beyond repair and led a lot of work.. I just felt like sharing it with you all.

The bike at the beginning.
All original and hideous! (mostly due to neglect).
So I stripped the components and proceeded to sand... and sand.. and sand... (ended up getting 3m discs, wonderful device!) I forgot to take a picture of the frame sanded down, but here it is primered up. a lil bit closer
I'll put up more in a lil while.

I needed to replace the decals as well, since they were trashed in the sanding down process (and had rust under them to boot). I ended up stumbling across this link http://www.biketype.com/pages/4981/c...elated_emblems which had all the art work already done (I did have to resize the images to the actual decal sizes, and then printed them on sticker paper). Here's some shots of originals and then mine.


and the sticker unapplied.


New Frame Color: Metallic green, and lots of coats glossy clear coat.