Did Claud Butler do a Pagan in black in 1992

[velomentary]

Picked up a pagan today as it was a bike of many from 1992 that we all loved. After looking at the catalogue for 1992 the graphics are the same as the purple one but it didn't look like they did a black version? Gonna try bringing it back to life and use as a rider.

 

[Siish]

If that isn't an original colour there's a lot of time and effort gone into it

 

[donnie]

Looks like a factory paint job

 

[Markybeau]

@Peachy!

 

[velomentary]

The guy I bought it from said it was bought new in the 1990s from a local bike shop. The paint job looks original which is confusing and it has all the catalogue correct on parts on it. It got me wondering why you would change the colour but keep the pagan stickers etc ?

 

[velomentary]

This was just about left sticking to the frame - would this bring any light on if this a pagan or not ? I've gone over the paint work but it all looks like an original paint job which is still confusing me. Thanks

 

[Peachy!]

Hello… yeah that’s a legitimate original paint job. Late ‘92 early ‘93. The pearlescent purple didn’t sell very well and they were planning on changing the whole range to aluminium frames shipped in from the far-east during ‘93.
So a bunch of stuff got painted black in a pseudo Cape Wrath style
Be interesting to see what the Shimano codes are on the crank set and mech.
My guess? Dec 92 or Jan 93

 

[ovlov440]

Hello… yeah that’s a legitimate original paint job. Late ‘92 early ‘93. The pearlescent purple didn’t sell very well and they were planning on changing the whole range to aluminium frames shipped in from the far-east during ‘93.
So a bunch of stuff got painted black in a pseudo Cape Wrath style
Be interesting to see what the Shimano codes are on the crank set and mech.
My guess? Dec 92 or Jan 93

Shame. I had a CB Spirit in 'Pearlescent Aqua Marine' which was a '91 and loved the colour.

 

[velomentary]

Hello… yeah that’s a legitimate original paint job. Late ‘92 early ‘93. The pearlescent purple didn’t sell very well and they were planning on changing the whole range to aluminium frames shipped in from the far-east during ‘93.
So a bunch of stuff got painted black in a pseudo Cape Wrath style
Be interesting to see what the Shimano codes are on the crank set and mech.
My guess? Dec 92 or Jan 93

AHH great stuff. That's a brilliant piece of knowledge you've shared. I'll have a look at the codes on the cranks and come back.

 

[velomentary]

Are these the date stamps ? Are
Are these the date stamps ? Looks like a QA and H above it.