SIMONFREESE
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Peugeot PX10
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stringfellow1946
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RESULT Thats looks like its a 1960's frame
SO VERY Well worth preserving & restoring
I'd suggest a complete strip down, sand blasted & resprayed with the correct Decals & then rebuilt.
it looks like you will have all or most of the correct parts which can also be striped downed, cleaned & restored.
Will be all french threads, BB, headset & more than likely the rear hub/freewheel as well.
The headset could be either a Stronglight P3 or a P4 competition & hopefully it will have the Stronglight Competition BB axel & cups as well.
NB The Bottom Bracket shell should be painted the same colour as the frame, its only the head lugs the top caps of the seat stays that are a different colour.
Well done for finding it in the first place & good luck with the rebuild.
What I do with all my bikes that have to be resprayed is, I get them sand blasted (NOT Grit Blasted) locally & then get my local car body sprayer to spray them the correct colour (BASE-COAT) & then one very fine covering of lacquer. (NB this stops finger marks & dirt getting in the base cote) I then bring the frame & forks back home and very very lightly rub them down with nylon pad (picked up from the sprayer, a Sctoch pad I think its called) just to take the shine off the lacquer so the whole thing is like a dull matt finish. (this gives the Decals & the final lacquer something to grip on to). Then I wipe it down carefully with panel wipe & the fit the decals (float them on with water).. Once they have all dried out & there no air bubbles trapped etc I then return it to the sprayer for its final coat of lacquer. Much cheeper than sending the frame away for months on end PLUS you get to keep control of things as its all Local.
NB I don't lacquer over any chrome Just over the new paint & decals.
Here is how I do it
Sand blasting costs me £30 for Frame & forks (sometimes he does it while I wait, if not with in 2 days)
The Base coat is about £12 for 1/4 of a litre (thats enough for both the frame & forks) I get that locally from a car paint supplier.
Sprayer charges me £50 all in for his work & he supplies the 2 Pack lacquer.
So for less than £100 a complete respray Plus what ever the Decals cost.
All in this maybe takes 7-12 days to do the complete job from stat to finish. depending on now quick the sprayer is. (mine usually does the first base coat it within 3 days & the final lacquer with in 24 hours)
hope all of that is of some help to you??
SIMONFREESE":7on23act said:Bottom bracket shell pic:
RESULT Thats looks like its a 1960's frame
SO VERY Well worth preserving & restoringI'd suggest a complete strip down, sand blasted & resprayed with the correct Decals & then rebuilt.
it looks like you will have all or most of the correct parts which can also be striped downed, cleaned & restored.
Will be all french threads, BB, headset & more than likely the rear hub/freewheel as well.
The headset could be either a Stronglight P3 or a P4 competition & hopefully it will have the Stronglight Competition BB axel & cups as well.
NB The Bottom Bracket shell should be painted the same colour as the frame, its only the head lugs the top caps of the seat stays that are a different colour.
Well done for finding it in the first place & good luck with the rebuild.
What I do with all my bikes that have to be resprayed is, I get them sand blasted (NOT Grit Blasted) locally & then get my local car body sprayer to spray them the correct colour (BASE-COAT) & then one very fine covering of lacquer. (NB this stops finger marks & dirt getting in the base cote) I then bring the frame & forks back home and very very lightly rub them down with nylon pad (picked up from the sprayer, a Sctoch pad I think its called) just to take the shine off the lacquer so the whole thing is like a dull matt finish. (this gives the Decals & the final lacquer something to grip on to). Then I wipe it down carefully with panel wipe & the fit the decals (float them on with water).. Once they have all dried out & there no air bubbles trapped etc I then return it to the sprayer for its final coat of lacquer. Much cheeper than sending the frame away for months on end PLUS you get to keep control of things as its all Local.
NB I don't lacquer over any chrome Just over the new paint & decals.
Here is how I do it
Sand blasting costs me £30 for Frame & forks (sometimes he does it while I wait, if not with in 2 days)
The Base coat is about £12 for 1/4 of a litre (thats enough for both the frame & forks) I get that locally from a car paint supplier.
Sprayer charges me £50 all in for his work & he supplies the 2 Pack lacquer.
So for less than £100 a complete respray Plus what ever the Decals cost.
All in this maybe takes 7-12 days to do the complete job from stat to finish. depending on now quick the sprayer is. (mine usually does the first base coat it within 3 days & the final lacquer with in 24 hours)
hope all of that is of some help to you??
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You are a star stringfellow! Thank you so much for this I had never expected this level of support. So what do you reckon on going for blue?
stringfellow1946
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SIMONFREESE":3tzyeo60 said:
Blue & yellow lugs sounds 100% to me. I now wish that I had done my 2nd one in its original colours of Blue & Yellow.
NB the decals are different on the Blue/Yellow one so you need to talk to Greg at http://cyclomondo.net/page38.htm as I know he has them as I sorted it all out with him before I went with the WHITE again.
Also you need the French Reynolds decals.
The Peugeot on the down tube is in a script rather than block typeface.
I'm glad its of some help to you, the best advice I can give you is just take your time.
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That's more great info for me, many thanks. I have a clear plan now, blue and yellow, original script decals and use the existing components. Thank you stringfellow your help has been invaluable. I'm off to Sheldon's site now to get some tips on disassembly...
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New year and still not finished! I have decided to delay the full restoration and clean this up for use, to get a better feel for the bike first. Although it seems a shame not to go the whole hog this is my only road bike and I want to do some rides this year. It won't look anything special but I am so grateful for all of the wonderful advice above that will be completely invaluable when I have the time, money and space to treat this bike to the full restoration that it undoubtedly deserves.
stringfellow1946
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I've just picked up another 60's PX10 with Nervex lugs (my 3rd) Its already been sand blasted & is at the Sprayers to be painted Blue then back home for the decals to be fitted & the lugs to be painted by hand in Yellow. Will post some before & after photos when I've got the frame sprayed & the decals fitted & lacquered over.
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Sounds fantastic, will look forward to seeing it, would be good to have a photo on this thread! Makes me more embarrassed about my lack of progress...
