Restoring 97 GT Avalanche LE - Help!

[GTZaskarLE94]

Hi All

I am restoring my 97 GT Avalanche LE i've owned since I bought it in the California, USA. Unfortunately, as I had bought a 97 Zaskar post buying the Avalanche, it has been sitting in a storage shed in Brisbane for about the last 10 years.

It was a year they sold out and replaced the frame with 7005 Alu made in Taiwan.. Either way I'm going to restore it with retro/mod gear and was looking for some assistance in how to bring the frame back to a reasonable shine

Here are some pics.

 

[GTZaskarLE94]

Pre stripping

 

[GTZaskarLE94]

So I have stripped the frame, blasted it with high pressure water and given it the once over with autosol and some elbow grease.

I now was hoping to get your advice on how best to bring the frame back to reasonable condition. Should I hit it with fine steel wool to remove pitting and then finish with autosol and perhaps braso etc?

Some more pics below

Cheers All!
AB

 

[GTZaskarLE94]

can't upload the pic currently unfortunately

 

[GTZaskarLE94]

here are the pics

 

[Angyalpor]

I made my Zaskar with 800sandpaper, where it has got scratches (next to the chain), and then just Autosol Aluminium, and patience...

 

[GTZaskarLE94]

thanks!

 

[Angyalpor]

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=147560

 

[SeeingisBelievingGTMuseum]

97 era Avalanche/LE was not a ball burnished frame it was actually anodized in a color called "billet" It will never shine unless you sand it all off and that's a months worth of detail work.

 

[GTZaskarLE94]

It is ball burnished, the 98 is the "billet" colour..

http://www.bikepedia.com/QuickBike/Bike ... alanche+LE

Here are the specs.