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My latest Schwinn Stingray project.

I had a Pea Picker as a kid. Got it in a trade with a neighbor: he got a generic 10 speed and I got the Picker. Loved that thing. the rear disc brake didn't work for sh!t, but it was so cool! Now I want to build a bicycle...
 
I recently purchased this numbered Stingray Orange Krate replica too.
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While original Stingrays can get pretty pricey,they are much cheaper to build than Mopars!
 
I had a Sting Ray way back in the day. Like 7th or 8th grade. Busted my azz to get the money to buy it. Blue/5 speed -stick shift/fat rear tire. I loved that bike. Had it a year or so. My sister an me went to the shopping center one day and it got stolen. Granted I think my dad got us the cheapest frikkin bike locks made... the lock was laying on the ground , opened not cut. Pisses me off to this day, I hate fukkin thief's
 
That sucks,an original 5 speed is worth some money these days! I had my first 10 speed bike stolen the same way! I finally bought it's replacement last year at a swap meet!
 
If I would ever come across the exact same model, I'd snag it up in a heartbeat
 
i have a nice black grasshopper slick nos and a few colored others including some schwinn? rimsets.
if you think you can use any of it,pm me.
 
Nice collection of bikes, but there's only one problem; a fifty something adult, today, looks retarded riding around the neighborhood on a 45 year old kid's stingray bike. :D


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Couldn't afford one back then, looks like I still can't now. I've always had a thing for cool bikes,then and now. Thanks !
 
Nice Orange Krate RC!,No one calls me a dork when I'm riding one of my stingrays,they just say,nice bike!
 
Don't forget to add the baseball cards in the spokes attached with the clothes pins. We all did it.....:rolleyes:
 
I had a 1968 model Orange-Krate, for my paper-route.
 
68 Orange Krates bring around $2500 to $3000 for a nice example these days!
 
I just remember being able to ride wheelies forever on them. Literally, up/down driveways, sidewalks & turning everywhere on the rear tire. Might as well been a uni-cycle. Of course, I could do the same thing on our BMX when we got involved with those more & then on to dirt bikes & quads.
 
I had a spank new metallic blue Stingray the first year they came out, 1963....can't remember if it was a birthday present in May or end of year Christmas present. A Friend of mine in neighborhood got a metallic green one about same time & we were the first of the neighborhood to have 'em.
 
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