Re: [CR]Restorations

(Example: Framebuilders:Richard Moon)

From: "e a" <moschika@hotmail.com>
To: ealbert@bellatlantic.net, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Restorations
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 23:06:29 -0800


gets me thinking about a project of mine but with the opposite problem. my gios super record has good paint, tho some chips and rippling but it's decals are in poor shape. one is missing all together taken off by the original owner because it came crooked from the factory, one panel is all scruntched up from a car rack, the other is yellowed(should be white) and the columbus decal is mostly rubbed off.

part of me would like to repaint and re-decal[so it looks like new]. part of me wants to keep the original paint and just re-decal[original gios blue is hard to reproduce and expensive, decals readily availble and inexpensive] and part of me wants to keep "as found"[least expensive way to go]. tho i've already had to replace the "as found" rear der. and that scruntched panel is plain ugly. what a dilemma. if all were only this difficutl ;-)

i've been thinking lately as to "when is it time to restore?" at what point of deterioration do you say it's time to send it to the professionals, assuming you aren't one of them? i'm all for preserving a piece with some famous and historical significance but what if you've got something less famous, as in no one's famous butt ever sat on that saddle or it's that last of the species kind of thing? and even if you do, if it's rusting into oblivion, then what?

Eric -more questions then answers- Acuna Santa Rosa, CA

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Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 07:27:24 -0500 From: Edward Albert <ealbert@bellatlantic.net> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: [CR]Winter Projects to restorations Message-ID: <41AB15AC.1000004@bellatlantic.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: list Message: 7

[snip] Paint, where it remains, is all oxidized and scratched, bare patches are rusty, etc. But, and here is the rub, two of the tube decals remain almost intact. Edward Albert Chappaqua, NY

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