redgunnar":2vnz972o said:I was lucky enough to buy the 1988 Blizzard (team with sloping top tube) off JFKelly.
I am awaiting a wheelset and then hopefully the ball will get rolling. These are incredible frames !
Nice 88 Blizzard! I hope you have better luck extracting the seat post than I did.redgunnar":3hulwugp said:Yes, the black and white appears to be a simpler/cleaner route to go.
I look forward to seeing yours progress down the road. It may be a while till I get to mine but it should be a great project - thanks ! Here is a shady image (still need to extract that stuck seat post I wasn't aware initially that they run a 130 mm rear hub otherwise there would have been more incentive to get things rolling cheers.
Thanks! I'll check out those paint options. I've still got a couple other bikes to put together before getting back to this one.ted andkilde":3hulwugp said:Hey Blizz
Home Hardware has a line of "stone effect" paints that might be close, not sure how tough they would be.
There is also zolatone which the speckly free nish 50's and 60's gm cars used to have in the trunk and floor areas.
The more I read this thread the more I want to "kidnap" and restore my father in law's 88 Hammer, It's pretty much all original, but all the fasteners have gone rusty and the original crank was replaced (I have a nice MT-60 in my parts bin though).
Cheers, Ted