Sun Worksop Frame Fixed Up
I picked up this snazzy 19.5" Sun Worksop frame at Re-Cycle, it had seen better days, in fact it looked like it had been stored outdoors for the last 20 years but that didn't put me off. It proved to be quite a project, the cottered cranks were well and truly stuck so I 'employed' the services of my good friend Julian who is a real man with tools.
The crank arms had to be angle-ground off the spindle, then one of them welded to a bottom bracket cup in order to unscrew it, he then went to work on the pump arms, cable guides and the hideous light thing on the right fork. Next he beat the living daylights out of the worst of the rust using a wirey attachment for the grinder. Last but not least he got the head badge off for me.
I then did a terrible job of sanding the remaining parts of the frame before masking it up and spraying it Montana 94 Valley Green (9r-6018) which is a super thick, sweet smelling graffiti paint available at Exist. The colour is awesome but its a bit knobbly bobbly cause I really really hate sanding, it's gotta be the worst thing in the world!
I'm not afraid of a bit of rust!
Angle grinding the cottered cranks off
Off comes all the "faff"
Welding a crank arm to the seized bottom bracket cup
A gentle whack and...
...out it comes
Removing the snazzy head badge
Sweeeeet!
Sanding the worst of the rust off
Before
After
Ready for graffiti-ing
"Heroes in a half shell, Turtle Power!"
Lookin' fresh with the classic 'Kids of Clase' graffiti, booyaa!