What's Santa bringing you for Christmas 🎄?

[Glug]

I already bought myself a present, just started painting it

 

[Canuk]

I already bought myself a present, just started painting it

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Ooh that's nice, is it a Holdsworth?

 

[Glug]

Ooh that's nice, is it a Holdsworth?

1953 Holdsworth Whirlwind, originally cromovelato magenta

It's my Xmas / retirement present.
https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vintage/1301557-1953-holdsworth-whirlwind.html

 

[Canuk]

1953 Holdsworth Whirlwind, originally cromovelato magenta

It's my Xmas / retirement present.
https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vintage/1301557-1953-holdsworth-whirlwind.html

Yep, that's my wishlist 2025 bike. Way more elegant than any hetchins

 

[Canuk]

Are you going to do another cromovelato finish? There are quite a few 'how to cromovelato' guides on YouTube

 

[bikeworkshop]

Yep, that's my wishlist 2025 bike. Way more elegant than any hetchins

 

[benjabbi]

Probably an invoice for delivery, VAT and some made up charges for the fun of it.

 

[Glug]

Are you going to do another cromovelato finish? There are quite a few 'how to cromovelato' guides on YouTube

Sort of, I investigated and found a way to do decent flamboyant magenta.
I've already painted the forks:


That's flamboyant magenta paint over chrome gilding paint: https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vintage/1301647-flamboyant-magenta.html
It's pretty close to the original colour.
Nose and seat tube band is going to be flamboyant blue.

 

[Black_puma]

And some lucky guy is going to get this:

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ugh, what kind of frame design is that? And those welds...

 

[Black_puma]

I'm a Dutchman, Santa likes us best, he already visited 6 days ago
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Also a Canadian, so he'll be back with a new TV and sound bar on the 25th

Nice, being Dutch myself I have enjoyed those chocolate letters for many years, I left home to live in England aged 22 and my mum would send me parcels with chocolate letters for me and my children for many years! I miss them now!