Spooky Bandwagon ratty rescue resto

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This was a ratty Bandwagon that I found for sale mistakenly advertised as a DMR. I knew it wasn't though which was obvious.
£20 later and it was mine although it was in a real sorry state. I could see it could become and nice frame with a bit of work.

The brake bosses had been removed, a crude rear disc mount had been poorly added plus some kind of tensioner mount thing welded under the bottom bracket shell. Some of the cable guides were also damaged after being poorly modified for brake hoses. I was determined to save this one somehow.

The paint was a nightmare to remove, around six layers worth of the most stubborn stuff but got there in the end after a mix of scraping and chemical stripping.

The metalwork was pretty satisfying to do and it was quickly starting to look like a decent frame as the damage was removed one bit at a time. Some obvious scars still remain on the rear dropout where the disc mount was but it come up really nice considering how it looked previous.
Decided to remove all of the cable guides for a smoothed finish throughout. Didn't go too crazy with the polishing as I do plan to have it powdered at some point. That will help mask some of the scars too.

Just need to sort a disc mount first and foremost utilising the existing mount area. Will decide on paint and decals once I know I can stop it, but some bright, possibly metal flakey sparkly finish in either pink or green is what I have in mind. Have thoughts on painting bars, forks and some other bits at the same time for an overall colourway scheme. I already have a pair of Identity 1420 forks perfect for this. It will be designed as a single speed with a tensioner to keep things nice and simple.

Still making it all up as I go ;)

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Stripping...

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Sorting...

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Sorted!

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d8mok":3hnu83e9 said:
Awesome. It’s looks great bare alloy

Was in two minds whether to keep it that way but it needs still a hell of a lot of work to get the finish right. Don’t think my fingers could take anymore :LOL:
 
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£20!

Still that's a right state and some amazing work.

Hope it turns out as good as your dmr. Still one of my favourite builds on here
 
mamadirt":33f02ku8 said:
Wow! That's a labour of love right there :cool: Looking forward to seeing this progress :p

Thanks! It’ll probably progress slowly at first but itching to get things moving with this one. Want to something cool :cool:
 
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coomber":3e78dtnt said:
£20!

Still that's a right state and some amazing work.

Hope it turns out as good as your dmr. Still one of my favourite builds on here


Thank you! I admit took me a while to get the motivation to start this and was quick to let me know how stubborn it was going to be to clean up. Chuffed with how it turned out though.

My DMR is still going strong. Has had a few subtle changes over the years and continues to be my go to ride. Love it :)

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sectionate":35lpc39o said:
The bare metal looks so cool :cool:

But then again, you could spray it the Spooky Baby Blue :p

Decisions!

I can see the paint colour choice becoming a tough one! :)
Was tempted with the blue at first being that it’s the original colour, or even a nod to it maybe. Think i have something totally different in my head though. We’ll see. May leave the final decision til i visit my powdercoaters and see what takes my fancy ;)
 
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