Pleasant unexpected find - 1990 Zolatone Team Marin

[PopsTrippin]

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Drive side only bud

 

[Minifreak]

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Drive side only bud

Great news, the decals on this are showing their age but looking to keep the old girl as is so happy about that

 

[Muddy paw]

Have a look at this mate , viewtopic.php?f=6&t=201032

 

[Minifreak]

Some of the parts needed to spruce this up have arrived

I was finding it tough to locate a decent XT M735 band type front mech then did a swap deal on one and was virtually given another for free on the same day!

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Going to clean the wheels up and maybe start to strip the frame of parts before work.

 

[Minifreak]

Front wheel took me an hour to get to this stage!

 

[Minifreak]

Mainly apart now and very happy so far.



Frame appears in good order for age, tiny bit of surface rust below bb needs some rust converter.



Forks have come up lovely, some black paint spots on them that I am afraid to tackle near to the decals having got a bit too close to one of the M's
Hoping the stem and bars will clean and polish up to the same colour. I need to take them into Boots to get some nail polish that matches for the chips. Bought some blind and was way too dark.



Rear wheel cleaned up a treat.

 

[brocklanders023]

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Great stuff.

 

[ted andkilde]

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That's coming up a treat. Try some plastic razor blades on the black paint, auto detailers swear by them. I use them pretty frequently, also great for getting nasty stuck on food off pots without scratching them up

 

[Minifreak]

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That's coming up a treat. Try some plastic razor blades on the black paint, auto detailers swear by them. I use them pretty frequently, also great for getting nasty stuck on food off pots without scratching them up

Thanks for the tip, I'll get hold of some a give it a go

After lots more cleaning and polishing of parts:

 

[raidan73]

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Amazing what a bit of elbow grease can do Tim. That's coming up a treat mate