Originally Posted by
RobbieTunes
Small crowd, we are. I saved that thread to favorites....
I can't guarantee the Enzo red. Porkchop is a very large man and sometimes in ill health. I want him to live long enough to finish the bike, and the last one took 5 months. Cinelli red is almost orange, and I'm not sure of the pantone on that one. IMO, a bike in that shape should be scoured to the bare metal before being blasted, and I'd try a powdercoat on it in a heartbeat. The only exposed tubing would be the R chain stay. Then you come back and paint the panto's white. Or flat black with gold decals and gold housings....
Geepers, don't get me going. I'm ready to start it right now....
Someone has removed most of the paint but some small surface rust has begun. It looks like corrosion from paint stripper that was not completely flushed. Chrome is not good. The drive side rear stay generally exposed in chrome is marginal. The top tube has a very small and shallow dent. I asked a powder coater if there was material filler that would work with powder coat and he said there was but only good for thin filling. Not sure if this dent is too big for that material to work but I will ask. From the looks of this frame, it needs to be blasted inside and out and then frame saver applied. But structure is sound, solid and worthy of a good restoration. BTW, I have a complete Ofmega Mistral gruppo and NOS Premier FD and RD (nice to have choices) to put on this bike.
BTW, if you look at the head tube badge on that Equipe that looks like mine, you see a vertical Centurion decal with Cinelli Project under it. My head tube has the same type and size decale outline as this.
John