Pine Mountain addiction....1992 Marin PM

Whilst browsing eBay a few months before xmas I spotted a sad looking Marin Pine Mountain frame with a seized seatpost......so decided I had to rescue it. There don't seem to be many of these around and they seem to be quite a good alternative to the zolatone PM's which are now popular and seem to be fetching quite a good price

The post came out with some experimentation with freezespray and some brute force. I stripped the frame back to bare metal to clean up the rust (these Marins are surprisingly rusty under what looks like good paint!)

Applied 1 coat of grey etch primer, 3 coats of white primer, 3 coats of Halfords fluro orange, 3 coats of clear lacquer, then 3 coats of Plasticote satin stove black (with a bit of careful masking) - the frame is starting to look a little healthier.

Not sure what to think of the colour match - I think it's pretty close to what it would've been originally - according to the brochure and the NOS stem I've got for it......but it's a million miles away from the faded yellowly colour of every other '92 PM picture that I've seen!

Either way - it's gonna look quite fresh and clean when it's finished.

that looks lovely, nice job

edit: is the sticker on the seat post clamp indeed a sticker or is it printed onto the clamp?

that looks lovely, nice job

Looking good.

Are the downtube decals the same as 1993, as i have nos set if you want to copy.

Another one to watch.

Rich

Nice looking Marin, great colour and nice work so far. I am restoring a 1993 Marin Eldridge Grade at the moment to its former glory and shall be following your build with interest. Marin sure built some great bikes in the early days, but I feel the reputation of the later ones seems to have tarnished the Marin brand as a whole, including these early ones which is a shame as they were great to race and ride back then.

marvellous!

lick 'o' paint has given it a new lease of life. i will check for updates.

Have you got any forks sorted? i have some rockstar forks from a '95 bear valley that need a purpose and a lick of paint. depending on steerer length etc...you can have them for postage cost.

cheers.

Nice. what size seatpost does it take by the way?

Hmmmm nice repaint watching this one!

Top job will follow with interest as I'm soon to start a 89 pine mountain just in the process of sourcing parts....are you going for factory spec or something newer?