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Fair enough, although I barely touched in over the winter, when there was in fact so little left to do. :roll: Extremely pleased to have completed the project.... ... Here are the pics... Now... I just can't bring myself to take in out and get it all...

IT'S FINISHED!!!!!! (too dark for photos... will post them tomorrow) It's only taken five and a half months!!! 8)

I hadn't touched mine throughout winter, but finally got round to cleaning up the last caliper on Saturday, and swapping the HG cassette onto the Araya RM20 rims that I bought. All that's left is to refit all the gear cabling and she'll be finished... Hopefully full set of pics for retrobike in...

Just need to clean up one single brake caliper, and reassemble that set of brakes, and then re-cable the gears and polish up the hubs and change over my original HG cassette onto the Araya RM20 rim that I bought... and we're done. Probably no more than a morning's work.

Hi chaps, It was me who had the mate that did a Zolatone recreation. Haven't been on here lately, as my rebuild has stalled. Not really that much left to do, but just can't seem to find the time to lock myself away in the shed for a weekend to finish it off. Will do soon. This is one of...

Re: Powder coat finish That's a extremely good zolatone finish. Think between yours and mine, we could be on the track of the holy grail. 8)

Agreed :D

This one has been on eBay for a while... :D http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MARIN-Muirwoo ... 3ccc22a8db

Yes, that too... I had assumed that the discussion already took that into consideration, because I'd started the thread with the original bike pic. :D

This might illustrate what I'm saying about how the colour looks different under varying lighting conditions... The first picture is in my office, under a number of 60W and 40W lighbulbs, as per the main bulk of the more recent pics I've posted. The second picture is by the back window...

If I could find a pair of good condition or NOS Marin Rockstars, I'd be a very happy bloke! Precisely... the colour looks very different from one picture to the next, mainly due to the varying light conditions. I even found that the colour looks totally different from one PC screen to the...

I'll clean up the Araya RM-20 rims and get a pair of new amberwall tyres at the weekend, I think.

Started putting her back together this evening... 8)

Just let me know.... I think my paint chap is going to be busy with Zolatone recreation next year by the look of things! 8)

That looks stunning!!! Excellent job! Hoping my Pine Mountain comes out as good... Interested to see you put the "Race Bred" stickers on the stays, and the "Marin" stickers down the forks... I thought the 1990 models didn't have either. (At least they didn't on the Pine Mountain). :?: :D

For those that were keen on seeing how the light grey Zolatone recreation went... the results can be seen at http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=223311&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=45 Cheers.

Ha ha.. my very first MTB was a Muddy Fox (Courier Comp), and then I switched to the Marin Pine Mountain, which has lasted me 22 years so far.

I'll need to ask him for the details again. He did tell me, but it went straight over my head. He is very interested in taking requests for more work; that's the business he's in, and as a very keen road cyclist, spraying bikes is what he'd much rather be doing. PM me if you'd like his...

Managed to get the headset cups out pretty easily today. I now have to wait until the tool arrives in the post for me to press the new cups in. So should be able to start on the rebuild in earnest towards the end of the week. Lot's of NOS parts and restored pieces... I think it's gonna...

Decals going on...