vintage chromoly
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1979 to 1986. Almost all race bikes.
Lots of SE stuff, GT’s, hutch, Patterson, profile....that kind of stuff.
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Lots of SE stuff, GT’s, hutch, Patterson, profile....that kind of stuff.
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Friend had super goose, we went to bike store and looked at redlines back when that stuff was still manufactured here
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A friend of mine back in the day had a Hutch. I still remember it was the lightest damn bike I have ever picked up.
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There’s some OE lap belts on eBay right now for $3,995
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We used to ride up this big hill across from a field on the school yard. We would ride down that hill across the field and jump into the woods with make shift kids designed ramp. I had old heavy schwinn that was not made for that but the kid with the goose would sail off that ramp. Mid tree height probably ten foot in the air off the ramp
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That would be for a complete HOSE JOB!$480 for a hose ?
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I took my purple 5-speed Stingray and converted it to BMX by painting black and buying all blue anodized aluminum BMX parts as I could afford. It was still heavy until I bought the aluminum Race Inc. frame and fork. Finally I was stylin'.
Of course, I learn the hard way, if you have something nice it gets stolen. Replacement was a Redline, blue with yellow mags.
Six months later I have drivers license and a 69 Charger R/T 4-speed B3 blue with white. BMX was all forgotten then. I just haven't gotten past my Mopar stage of life yet.
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I'm in the MOPAR stage for 45 years now,,,,,,,,why change!
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These cars are addictive.
Once I turned 16, I put away the bicycles and started driving.
Once I got older, I started collecting them out of nostalgia.
At the moment, I’m yearning for a 4 speed A12 bee. Missed one last month by 12 hours.
I may sell off all my bicycles and buy an A12 car. Old habits die hard!
Once I turned 16, I put away the bicycles and started driving.
Once I got older, I started collecting them out of nostalgia.
At the moment, I’m yearning for a 4 speed A12 bee. Missed one last month by 12 hours.
I may sell off all my bicycles and buy an A12 car. Old habits die hard!
Officer Higgins
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Yeah man love to have bee too.
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Krates were awesome dad got me 73 sunset orange fastback new i still have it. Also had 70 cotton picker
I was too poor so I de-stickered a chrome Huffy and added Redline stickers and pads to it as well as foot pegs. Never could swing the fork rotor though. I miss that bike lol.
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I had a GT Pro as a teenager. There wasn't anyplace in NJ that we wouldn't ride our bikes to. My cousin and I rode over 60 miles to Seaside Heights, down the Jersey shore, one summer. Ahhhhhhhhh the good ol days. 
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I don't know, some of those high caliber hookers in Vegas go for more $$ than that.
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True, but you also get a LOT more for your money.
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I would argue that the whole concept of the muscle car era was building high performance machines for those with no dough and it started with B-Bodies.Don’t sweat it guys.
They made A-bodies for folks with no dough.
Plus we just finished a 72 Duster and the after market parts are higher than the B body parts. Demand I suppose.
I have a Suzuki BMX Bike
I have been buying up parts for these old cars for more than 30 years and have accumulated a pretty good collection of pieces. Some of those pieces I had to pay the asking price as I did not have it and I needed it for one of my cars. But I would say that it is less than 10% of the parts that I have.
You have to do the leg work. What has driven the prices of these parts up is the accessibility of the parts through the internet. Years ago and to this day, you had to search out these pieces. Many of the parts found me. I have attended all sizes of swap meets and have always on most occasions found something of interest. You have to dig and search and know what your looking for.
Everyone wants to complain about car shows and swap meets getting smaller. It is just a matter of less support and more opportunities to do things than what was available 20 to 30 years ago. The same with the parts. People had rather sit at home and log into the internet and search out the parts. There is a cost associated with this. If your doing a top level car and need that $400 plus hose, then sitting back and ordering it may be well justified. What does it cost to spend two nights in a hotel at $150 per night, food and travel expenses depending upon your location, fees to enter the event. So for people, that cost is quickly off set with the convenience of hitting the "Buy it Now" button.
For me, the search and feeling of finding that elusive part at a good price is worth the efforts. We all spend our discretionary income in ways that make us all happy, some just have different views on how some people should spend their money.
And finally, we all want to complain about the quality of the reproduction parts. For the most part, all of the factory parts I have dealt with in relationship have been money very well spent as compared to that spent on a reproduction piece.
You have to do the leg work. What has driven the prices of these parts up is the accessibility of the parts through the internet. Years ago and to this day, you had to search out these pieces. Many of the parts found me. I have attended all sizes of swap meets and have always on most occasions found something of interest. You have to dig and search and know what your looking for.
Everyone wants to complain about car shows and swap meets getting smaller. It is just a matter of less support and more opportunities to do things than what was available 20 to 30 years ago. The same with the parts. People had rather sit at home and log into the internet and search out the parts. There is a cost associated with this. If your doing a top level car and need that $400 plus hose, then sitting back and ordering it may be well justified. What does it cost to spend two nights in a hotel at $150 per night, food and travel expenses depending upon your location, fees to enter the event. So for people, that cost is quickly off set with the convenience of hitting the "Buy it Now" button.
For me, the search and feeling of finding that elusive part at a good price is worth the efforts. We all spend our discretionary income in ways that make us all happy, some just have different views on how some people should spend their money.
And finally, we all want to complain about the quality of the reproduction parts. For the most part, all of the factory parts I have dealt with in relationship have been money very well spent as compared to that spent on a reproduction piece.
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Pay $480 ....you got hosed.$480 for a hose ?
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