Originally Posted by
redneckwes
I'd guess it's from right after the Raleigh takeover, I have an Armstrong frame, it's shares some similar features. Yours has quite an interesting assortment of parts.
Thanks and by interesting does that mean good or bad? Any info on them? I'm a complete noob at bikes older than 1997 [thats when I started to ride bmx] never really looked into the parts I have but I made sure they came off in one piece or at least able to be put back together.
Originally Posted by
Chris_in_Miami
I don't have any info about your nice example, but how about some gratuitous pics of an Armstrong that I helped a friend flip a few months back?
Nice! i wish my headbadge looked as new as your friends...did you guys refurbish it? I plan on refurbishing mine but instead of gold paint it will have gold leaf [imitation gold leaf]
Originally Posted by
luker
you'll be needing a bucket of wood bleach for the rust on those parts. The bike has sat out in the sun long enough that the top coat (it was called flamboyant red) has been all faded away. You could experiment with some red candy paint if you're feeling brave.
The bike is pretty much stripped to the frame now. The only things that gave me a hard time were the cotter pins which were a night mare and now the quill...I'm going to take it to a shop and have them pull it off for me since they are more equipped and knowledgeable of the job. Soaking every bolt I could get to with Liquid Wrench everyday really helped when the day came for me to take the bike apart.
I've taken the bike to my friends autobody shop and he said its mostly surface rust [he saw it before it was stripped down] but as soon as its ready he's gonna have my frame chemical dipped so we can see where the real problems are and thanks for the name on the paint! I used to paint cars for my friend so I'm going to be using his shop to paint my frame...I wan't to get as close as possible to the original paint if not then I'm probably just going to paint it with a 4 stage deep candy apple red with lots of clear coat.
Wish me luck and thanks to all of you who have replied!