Sunday, 13 November 2011

Molteni Merckx Restoration Thursday November 03/2011

Slow day for cleaning today. I polished the Cinelli stem before work this morning. Amazing what a steel brush can do.

I followed up on that lead today. I managed to pick up a brand new in package set of vintage Campagnolo brake cables and housing. A nice rear derailleur cable housing, and a set of white gum hoods. I wish I could find tan/brown gum hoods but they are near impossible. The hoods came with a set of 1980's Super Record drilled levers which I can't use for the restoration as they have the wrong logo.
I am booked for next week to get the frame painted. I am going to have to decide if i am going to go base coat/clear coat, apply the decals and then have s second coat of clear applied to protect the decals, or stick with the 1970/80's style of a single stage paint with the decals applied on top.

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