Rare TA and probably a rarer English DP Firebird
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DP Firebird
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Blue graphite flanges from Andy Patterson
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My old workspace now enshrined with a copier.
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Mold machines.
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Machine shop.
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Test area.
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Testing a Tuff Wheel.
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Safety Works!
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16" Tuffs fresh out of the mold.
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Mold machine.
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Another mold machine.
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Tuff Wheel riveting machine. It works...
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Oscar Gonzalez with flange.
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Rivetting machine.
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Ship it!
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Tuff Wheel graveyard. Other products included.
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Tuff Graveyard.
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Don't see a lot of green wheels with alloy flanges.
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The graveyard.
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Wheelchair test track.
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Raw materials for Tuffs.
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Hub parts.
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Oscar picking.
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Pretty colors...
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Disc brake Tuff.
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Gas station fuel overflow catchers made from reground Tuffs.
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Coaster brake stash!
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Aww nuts!
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More nuts...
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Tuffs everywhere.
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A couple Street Beats
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Shop equiptment.
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Dennis in the wheel R&D department.
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Pieces of history.
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Photo of Tuffs that appears in the Smithsonian. Any other BMX in the Smithsonian?
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Puny Tuffs in colors.
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Chrome...
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Early test for Street Beat paint scheme.
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Oscar digging the Street Beat.
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Tuff Forks box.
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Street Beat display stand. Bars spin to display Spinmaster.
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Street Beat art samples.
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Early freestyle theme sticker artwork.
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Chrome Street Beat.
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Bar ride prototype that was never produced. Yeah, those look like Skyway race bars to me too...
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Design for 24" Tuffs sitting on the board in Rein's office.
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My holy grail - Skyway sunglasses.
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I put these on and instantly wanted to write someone a ticket.
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One of Rein's desks.
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Stuff...
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Wacky BMX game.
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Back of BMX game.
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Parrey with some celebrity.
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Oscar with a blingy prototype.
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16" camo Tuff.
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I too like bling.
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Ken with vintage desk and artwork. That painting is older than most riders.
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How cool is that?
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Lovely painting of the factory.
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Brian and Mike.
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Toofless Ron.
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Mike D and Jofa.
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Ron and Jofa.
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Blyther.
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Dave doing the raffle.
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Funky bike.
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Arriving in style.
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Players.
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Dave.
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Haro team.
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Twirling Dave.
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Nourie stand.
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Dave and a tribute to Dizz.
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Surfer Ron.
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Pedal Pickin' Ron.
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Blyther.
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Blyther - inside X-up.
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Mike D - Lookback.
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Mike D - Fakie.
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Blyther.
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Blyther - 1-foot inside X-up.
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Blyther - 1-hand, 1-foot.
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Ron - Invert.
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Ron - Backwards drop-in.
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Mike D - Lookdown.
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Blyther - Invert.
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Blyther - Funky Chicken.
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Ron - 1-footer.
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Mike D
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Mike D
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Blyther - He knocked the hat off Dave.
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Ron - Pedal picker drop-in.
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Ron - Pedal picker drop-in entry.
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Hugo Gonzalez - 1983 cover. Before freestyle magazines existed.
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Beauty sunset.
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