Recent content by black_bird_blue

Re: 1974 Porsche Signal Orange looks an excellent match. More creamy than the RAL match from Holdsworth. I've found a metallic turquoise that is an excellent match on-screen - Glasurit Medium Aqua Metallic. I can feel some trials coming on...

A good question. I don't know how much they need. I could always ask, I guess...

Thanks, jules_b, for the info and the encouragement. I contacted Planet X and have a good reference for the orange but they are using something much more blue now than the turquoise from before and so they couldn't help with that. It's good to know I don't need to be too obsessive about the...

I'm pretty convinced it's not a Professional, but I can't remember why now. Don't get me wrong, I would love it to be, but I don't think it is. I found no evidence of the additional white pinstriping or the "professional" badge on the cross bar. What makes you think it might be one and not...

Well, I get back to the UK now and again. Perhaps once I've had the stays rechromed I will get the frame to him. I'm borderline embarrassed to put up pictures of the frame. A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, I put together a bicycle around an old Dawes frame using the bits available to...

Quick Question - can anyone tell me somehow (anyhow?) the actual colours used for the Holdsworth "team colours"? I know they are referred to as "pumpkin orange" and "kingfisher blue" but that doesn't help me actually order any paint. I saw in this thread that jules_b had a bike painted in them...