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I beleve its a 1984 Santa ana award desine Mach one..The 50th one made out of 502 raceings bikes ..Here is the serial # 10840502..With a 4 stamps below

bmxgrimreaper · 2013-01-03 11:18pm

Early bird got the worm............

mcam · 2013-01-03 11:21pm

Sick ride bro. Instant fave.

TXBONE · 2013-01-03 11:25pm

Looks to be the 502nd one made in October of 84.

bmxgrimreaper · 2013-01-03 11:31pm

TXBONE wrote:
Looks to be the 502nd one made in October of 84.

Early bird............

joeswaps · 2013-01-04 12:37am

Cool deal will post more pics as parts come in..Im far from finished .not shure if ill keep the mags on it ,i have 80s gt race rims comeing in.I will post pics of both styles and take a vote on it..

bmxgrimreaper · 2013-01-04 12:45am

joeswaps wrote:
Cool deal will post more pics as parts come in..Im far from finished .not shure if ill keep the mags on it ,i have 80s gt race rims comeing in.I will post pics of both styles and take a vote on it..

Good thought...........

troynlori · 2013-01-04 4:11am

Not sure which your question is but you can use that F/F as a Mach One or a Pro...it's your choice. My choice = Pro.

Green Griffin 420 · 2013-01-04 6:22am

it's a October 84 pro. the 4 stamp designates it as a pro.

brian65 · 2013-01-04 6:32am

cool find. all that is 1984 there is the frame /fork. not super rare but a nice frame set. It is a Pro size frame but sold as a complete Mach1 .

troynlori · 2013-01-04 7:04am

Green Griffin 420 wrote:
it's a October 84 pro. the 4 stamp designates it as a pro.

4 was for mach one and pro. Same f/f, different stickers. Later that changed.

Green Griffin 420 · 2013-01-04 8:11am

troynlori wrote:
Green Griffin 420 wrote:
it's a October 84 pro. the 4 stamp designates it as a pro.
4 was for mach one and pro. Same f/f, different stickers. Later that changed.

Thanks for the heads up on that.

joeswaps · 2013-01-04 10:12am

So its a santa ana pro gt racer ,stickerd as a mach one ?

Green Griffin 420 · 2013-01-04 10:27am

it could be either is what troynlori is saying. it would depend on the components that it came with, would be my guess as to what makes the difference.

joeswaps · 2013-01-04 10:48am

So basicly it will depend on how i deside to build it ,,sence it would have been the buyers choice,,in the early 80s,,seems there was no parts list for 84 and back, you semply walked in and picked out your parts for the build,, from what I have read ....thanks all

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troynlori · 2013-01-04 1:44pm

Kind of Joe. Here's the deal. Before '84 GT was not really thought of as a complete bicycle company. Just thought of as frames/forks/bars/post company. While they did have sort of a factory spec bike (ie GT F/F/B/P w/GT recommended suppliers for the subcomponents), they were not thought of as a company for completes. As time progressed they decided they wanted to introduce factory completes, '84 was the year for this and one of the first completes was the Mach One as a lower end (relative to high end) bike. To produce this complete, they first just grabbed what they already had.......the GT Pro (not Pro Racer) frame/fork. They added their factory spec parts to it, changed the decals to Mach One and went to market. As time progressed further, into '85 the Mach One got steel handlebars, frame began coming from Asia, etc....not that they really promoted that the frames came from Asia. Eventually the Mach One became it's own animal. The "GT Pro" was just a frame and fork. The GT Mach One, Pro Series, Team Series were all completes originally based on the GT Pro frame/fork.

No one walked into a store and bought a Mach One F/F and then chose their parts. If you did that you bought a "GT Pro". My personal preference, because the Mach One was considered 'entry level' would be to go with Pro (even though, under the skin, they have the same F/F). Clear as mud?

joeswaps · 2013-01-04 5:34pm

Thanks for the info,, that makes it little easyer to deside on restickering it ..I will be going with gt pro.. Thanks ,,your awsome!!!!!!

troynlori · 2013-01-04 5:35pm

Not so fast. Now try to find the right stickers....

6s135 · 2013-01-04 6:19pm

troynlori wrote:
Not so fast. Now try to find the right stickers....

+1

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joeswaps · 2013-01-04 7:09pm

troynlori wrote:
Not so fast. Now try to find the right stickers....

Good yes ?

joeswaps · 2013-01-04 7:57pm

Lmao... Check it out found this in my old garage parts box ,,can we say much better

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Expert help needed here ,,santa ana award desine pro mach one ?

Expert help needed here ,,santa ana award desine pro mach one ?

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#6 2013-01-04 12:37am

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Green Griffin 420 wrote:

#13 2013-01-04 10:12am

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