Racerbvd - what have i got (old schwinn)

[id10t]

Racerbvd (or others) - can you ID this for me and give me a potential value, or point me to where I can learn more? Its a schwinn stingray I got for xmas in '75, '76, or '77 (thinkging 76)



bigger images at:

http://www.gruv.org/stingray/sDSCF2534.JPG

and

http://www.gruv.org/stingray/DSCF2534.JPG


Thanks!

[aways]

Ahh, the old stingray... brings back memories. You need to chop it, install a longer front fork, and add a sissy bar in back... I'm guessing it might be worth $100.

[scottmandue]

You have my first bike there!

[singpilot]

Mine too! I wanted one so bad then I took the only color they had left at the Schwinn dealer. It had been there for a month, no takers. Was Purple. 6 months later, was the HOT color. As usual, I was ahead of my time.

Anytime I want to get an idea of the value of something, I check eBay.

[Racerbvd]

Yep, a sweet ride Aways is pretty close on the $$$, it is a Krates & early Stingrays that bring big bucks, later ones just don't appeal (many more of them) to many (unless you are a nut like me who just loves bikes ) or had one as a kid. It would be worth more restored and a saw a blue one at the Turkey Rod Run swap meet, same year, very clean sell for $40, but I thought that was cheap and I didn't get my cash out fast enough. Are you thinking about parting with it?? If so, are you open to trades?? Just a warning, if you do part with it, you may regret it later.

[scottmandue]

Originally posted by singpilot
Mine too! I wanted one so bad then I took the only color they had left at the Schwinn dealer. It had been there for a month, no takers. Was Purple. 6 months later, was the HOT color. As usual, I was ahead of my time.

HA! painted mine metalic purple, took off fenders, put on a springer seat, and knobies on the front/back... I may have had the first BMX bike!

[Racerbvd]

Originally posted by scottmandue
HA! painted mine metalic purple, took off fenders, put on a springer seat, and knobies on the front/back... I may have had the first BMX bike!

What year did you do that??

[kaisen]

I had an orange one with an orange banana seat (with purple and white insert if I remember correctly) that I got in 1976. A year later (for my birthday - so April 1977) I installed a springer 'MX' two-person seat and installed knobbies! Great minds think alike?

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[VaSteve]

I had a bike similar to that (maybe the same thing). Got it secondhand as a kid in probably 78-79. (how old are you when you learn to ride). I learned to ride in the aley behind my Grandparent's Philly townhome. I didn't know anything about bikes; I was like 6. No training wheels. Little did I know, the coaster brakes weren't hooked up properly. You know that little "ear" that's supposed to be fixed to the frame. It wasn't. I learned to stop by either dragging my feet or crashing along side this concrete wall in the alley way.

I take a similar approach to DEs.

[scottmandue]

Originally posted by Racerbvd
What year did you do that??

Hmmm... I'm forty eight... that would be when I was around twelve or fourteen... so around 1970... did I mention that this bike was a hand me down from my older brother?

And no... I don't still have it.

[Bob's Flat-Six]

I got a Stingray new when I was 10. I think they had just came out with them. It was about 1962/63. And if I'm not mistaken it cost $60.
Ya Buddy.... Ape hangers and a banana seat. That was a big deal in the neighborhood back then.

[dad911]

70's - Banana seats.... Sissy bars... we used to extend the forks also.

[scottmandue]

How much you want for the Barbie jeep?

[id10t]

God being sick sucks. I've been immobile with the nasties since I posted this originally... Garage is supposed to get cleaned so I can get the 356 in there this weekend - lungs willing. You'll have to negotiate with the 5 y/o daughter on the jeep - don't think she's interested though. Racerbvd - I'll send you a PM - since we are close (I'm in gainesville) maybe we could work some sort of trade...