Picked up my latest project over the weekend. Been stored for a few years so needs a good clean. I don't know about the blue supergrifter tires

blimey,i love the dust,seems a shame to clean it,

looks like you've plenty of cleaning to do with this one, where did you find it ?

Blimey mate!! another one!!!  how manys that now? 17?? you defo have a very understanding girlfriend!! good on yer!!    look forward to seeing this one sorted!!  

I got this one of eBay a couple of weeks ago. I'm going to strip it down and rebuild it putting original supergrips back on. Looks in pretty good nick under all that dust

Started stripping it down today. This is one dusty Grifter

Great pics mate! defo very dusty!! with any luck all that dust may well have preserved the old gal!!  

Continued with stripping the grifter down today. Started by removing the handlebars, sprayed loads of releasing fluid down the head tube yesterday which made the job a lot easier.




I then removed the sidestand with the homemade stand removal tool. It really does work and removed the pin with no problems.



Next came the crank, which I again sprayed loads of releasing fluid around the cotter pins. A few taps with the hammer and they popped out no problems.

The frame is now completely stripped and ready for a good clean.

Fine work, as per usual mate    look forward to seeing this finished! what year is this one then another 76? or 77?

Managed to do some more work on the old girl. Frame now cleaned and polished. Not in bad nick, decals look strong.



stand and axle cleaned polished and rebuilt.



Crank polished and added with R nut

 

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as ever, looking really clean, how long did it take you to clean/polish the frame ?

wow - supergrip that is absolutely fine work!    

Thats come up a treat mate!   you certainly have a eye for the bargains!! i thought a clean machine would be hiding under all that dust! fine work  

top work that is nice was it local

Looking good.
Clean and grease it then put some of that very cool dust back on it!
Looking like another very good job sir.  

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Thanks for the comments guys. Ste, it took a couple of hours to clean the frame. Started with soap and water then went over the frame very lightly with very fine steel wool and 3 in 1 oil taking care not to touch the decals. I then T cut the whole frame and went over the decals very lightly to brighten them up. finally I applied a good resin car polish to add some shine.

cotter pin It was fairly local, I picked it up from Manchester.

if its the one im thinking of i nearly put a bid on it but forks looked bent on photos i was wrong GUTTED never mind at least someone on here got it

The restoration is nearly finished. Just the chain and the chain wheel to sort out. Here are some updated pictures. I've included a before and after image to show how well it's polished up. Hope to have it finished over the next couple of days.

love the new tyres are the old ones off a burner

I think the tyres are off a blue super Grifter. There free to a good home if anybody wants them.