Orange Formula for sale

[legrandefromage]

Re: Very early orange prestige

...And here it is from another thread:

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=302729&start=60&hilit=yates+orange&p=2268463&view=show#p2268463

 

[Cheshire1980]

Re: Very early orange prestige

Your encyclopedia of info legrandeformage, bringing up this nugget.. got a black 89 clockwork off Brocklanders with same orange hand built decal, that's the only similarity... Nice to have some more pics of this...

 

[sinnerman]

Re: Very early orange prestige

It matches a Dave Yates Diablo pretty well (aside from the lugs/ fillet braising), cables guides in the same place, rear stays etc etc.

It looks structurally ok but wouldnt date any earlier than around 1988 otherwise it would pre-date the Tushingham Muddy Foxes!

Some parts to get you going

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Sunto ... SwaB5Xk~Jx

And its only Neon Orange paint, not some sort of rare mystical colour only found in unicorn hooves

Would you seriously use cheap aerosols to paint it Mark...?

 

[Stick Legs]

Re: Very early orange prestige

And its only Neon Orange paint, not some sort of rare mystical colour only found in unicorn hooves

Would you seriously use cheap aerosols to paint it Mark...?

No but the point remains. Some colours are notoriously hard to match and make correct. I was very pleasantly surprised by how close the painters were able to get my Merckx to the original Telekom colours.

Point: But let us not forget that that when professional aircraft restorers working on Spitfire and Hurricane restorations are having trouble matching colours. Colours that only exist in black and white pictures and in many cases were locally mixed and applied to a mixture ratio in wartime but manage to settle for a closest approximation without ruining the whole package we can allow a little licence for a bicycle.

Counter point: This is actually probably rarer than a Mk1.a Spitfire.

 

[legrandefromage]

Re: Very early orange prestige

ITS JUST PAINT!! Aerosol, spraygun or unicorns arsehole, its just paint.

 

[legrandefromage]

Re: Very early orange prestige

And yes, the right aerosols can do great jobs

Ford Diamond White and opalescent laquer

 

[legrandefromage]

Re: Very early orange prestige

1988 Formula - different back end

 

[Cheshire1980]

Re:

Getting a bit heated this...

You both do superb builds , (clearly seen), and you know a lot more than most on here, including myself by a country mile! So I will tread carefully..
I think Carl was just making the point that the paint job needed to be carefully considered, this being the Orange and white, if it was say 95% correct, is that arguably good enough for such a build like this. I personally think it deserves to be as close to 100%.. am sure either of you could accommplish this..

 

[legrandefromage]

Re: Very early orange prestige

It will fade the second its exposed to sunlight, theres no way of fixing it.

A contemporary fade

Tushingham Works Replica - totally different approach to the this Prestige

But with a familiar back end

 

[KDM]

Re: Very early orange prestige

It depends on what your expectations are for this bike. An all on project with very expensive one of-ish amalgamations of bills or whether it is something you foresee as a very long term resurrection.

You will spend more than it is worth to bring it back to it's former glory and when you spend that much they tend to be rarely ridden garage queens seeing more dust than dirt

Lets be honest, outside of this forum very few will see it for what it is. I would still get as much info as possible and launch it then on ebay

It will fade the second its exposed to sunlight, theres no way of fixing it.

Or don't buy it because it is a vampire bike