Tuf Neck National Pro BMX find! with Sonlite hub!!

[Shemick]

Found this one over the weekend. Very beat up but great for parts. Check out the Son-Lite front hub. Too bad the original back wheel is missing.

Sugino cranks, Tuf neck chainring, seatpost/clamp, stem, Shimano pedals, Tange headset & bb...

Frame looks like someone hit it with a hammer a couple times but is otherwise straight. Kashimax seat has a chunk cracked out of it. GT bars are rusty. I paid 5 bucks!

 

[Xcruiser]

Darn too bad about the hammer dents.Otherwise,super for 5 bucks!

 

[Fisch]

Oh man I would have been stoked about that score for $5! I looked up a tufneck on ebay the other day and was shocked to see they often sell for $100! Ebay... Who woulda guessed 30 years ago.

 

[Shemick]

Yes, all the Tuf-Neck stuff is great. But that front hub is the real score.

Does anyone know if those frame dents can be removed?

 

[Rat Rod]

Very cool score...such a shame that the frame has to be dented up.

That front hub should make you a happy guy on Ebay.

 

[Xcruiser]

I quit racing BMX and graduated to cars in 1985 ish,,For the life of me I cant remember those hubs??? Are they mid-school?? Fill me in lol

 

[Rat Rod]

I know they were around in 84, but maybe earlier than that too.

Here's a thread on the Museum showing off the different styles...

http://bmxmuseum.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=47360

 

[Shemick]

Thanks for the reference link, Rat Rod.

When does "old school" period end? I'd call these old school in my book. Though I can't date them exactly.

When I was a kid there was one guy in town who had a pair on his Hutch. They were considered arguably cooler than Bullseye hubs. In the same league anyway, real high end stuff that most of us could not afford.

Tempting to keep it but I can't afford to keep it now either! Ha! Ha! Yep, this hub is bound for ebay.

Sheesh, I'm not sure what's worse... the missing rear hub or the dented frame.

 

[Xcruiser]

Thanks for the reference link, Rat Rod.

When does "old school" period end? I'd call these old school in my book. Though I can't date them exactly.

When I was a kid there was one guy in town who had a pair on his Hutch. They were considered arguably cooler than Bullseye hubs. In the same league anyway, real high end stuff that most of us could not afford.

Tempting to keep it but I can't afford to keep it now either! Ha! Ha! Yep, this hub is bound for ebay.

Sheesh, I'm not sure what's worse... the missing rear hub or the dented frame.

Im not sure but id think old school would be 1990 at the very latest.
If I had my way old school would end maybe 86-88 when odd,funky framed,bright colored freestyle bikes became the rage and everything changed.Although my best friend had a bright green and white GT performer somewhere in late 84 or 5 if I remember right.lol

Id call yours oldschool in my book.
Im sure Ratrod or one of the hardcore BMX collectors know the accepted dates.

 

[Shemick]

I got out of bmx in about 1986. so I always consider anything from that period and before to be old school but really only because that's when I stopped keeping up.