1986 Land Shark Dirt Shark MTB

[vintageman]

Hi all, I hope 2023 has been a good year for everyone thus far. I haven't posted anything in a while so I thought I'd offer up this Dirt Shark for your collective critique.

I've wanted one for quite some time as I'm a big fan of Slawtas paintwork and from what I understand no two paint jobs are the same.

This is a 1986 fillet brazed frame fork and handlebar/stem combo welded up and painted by the man himself John Slawta. Prestige tubing if the decals are to be believed and a full Deerhead group as you can see. The paint does have a pearlescent base to it but I'm not sure if I've captured that with my questionable photography skills.

happy holidays to all and and best wishes for the new year.

 

[mk one]

Very nice

Always hard to capture paint on photos, still looks nice though.

 

[Russell]

Nice, the paintwork would have taken ages! Proper labour of love.

 

[Retro_Roy]

looks awesome. i have been privileged to see this one in the flesh.
the paint is amazing.

 

[PanoIgano]

Love sharks! And this one’s paint job survives very well too! Enjoy it and happy holidays to all!

 

[eri]

wow. 1986. I remember mtb in 1986 and they nothing looked like this. It’s like an alien arrived to show us what mtb will look like.

I am having trouble imagining the sort of vision i would need to buy something like this new.

I’d love to know the history of this bike and see some photos through the years.