I guess it's rare but wow I wish I had bought some of these tires back in the old days.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NOS-SCHWINN-...item2edd4a8914
...and I thought SVO parts were pricey?
I guess it's rare but wow I wish I had bought some of these tires back in the old days.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NOS-SCHWINN-...item2edd4a8914
86 LX Coupe 4E
84 SVO Watkins Glen Pace Car 1E
85 SVO Hertz 4E
85.5 SVO 2R orig owner
86 SVO 7B
66 Fastback
55 Willys Jeep Overland Wagon
$805.00 and the reserve wasn't met. Sheesh.
86 LX Coupe 4E
84 SVO Watkins Glen Pace Car 1E
85 SVO Hertz 4E
85.5 SVO 2R orig owner
86 SVO 7B
66 Fastback
55 Willys Jeep Overland Wagon
Wow thats crazy.....
When I was a kid, one of my friends had an Orange Crate, with a rear slick on the front!
'88 Mustang GT convertible, T5, 3.08:1 gears. 5.0 Explobra Jet: A9L Mass Air conversion, Fenderwell Mac cold air intake, 70mm MAF meter = 4.6 T-Bird/Cougar housing + '95 Mustang F2VF-12B579-A1A sensor, aftermarket 70mm throttle body and spacer, Explorer intakes, GT40P heads with Alex's Parts springs and drilled for thermactor, Crane F3ZE-6529-AB 1.7 "Cobra" roller rockers, Ford Racing P50 headers, Mac H-pipe, Magnaflow catback, Walbro 190 LPH fuel pump, UPR firewall adjuster and quadrant with Ford OEM cable, 3G conversion ('95 Mustang V6), Taurus fan, rolled on Rustoleum gloss white paint...
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I rocked an Apple Crate in the early 70s.
My friends had Pea Picker, Lemon Peeler, Orange Krate,
Man what a blast from past!
Last edited by PaceFever79; 02-09-2015 at 11:21 AM.
Yes I remember the Crate series. That was what I was looking for on Ebay when I saw this tire. I don't remember now what brand my stingray bike was way back then but it was a ten speed which was very rare ( go figure, right? ).
A friend of mine made me some front forks like a chopper. Took one set of forks and cut them off. Then welded them onto another set of forks making them twice as long. Welded a small plate between the two at the joint and drilled a hole to mount the small chrome fender. Also a tall sissy bar on the back and chopper style handle bars. Had a generator light on the front and a little red tail light on the top of the sissy bar and I was the coolest kid on the block. It had a wide slick tire on the back of course with a flaired chrome fender.
It was a lime green metallic like what was on the gassers since it was 1968. The banana seat was also lime green metallic vinyl.
I just flashed back about 47 years... wow, am I really that old? HAHA
86 LX Coupe 4E
84 SVO Watkins Glen Pace Car 1E
85 SVO Hertz 4E
85.5 SVO 2R orig owner
86 SVO 7B
66 Fastback
55 Willys Jeep Overland Wagon
Yep Ken, I did the same thing with the front forks, called making a chopper
I was 11... Here was my ride circa 1973
springer front end, front drum brake, 5 speed shifter, fat rear tire
Complete history of the Krate series 1968-1973
http://schwinncruisers.com/bikes/krates/
This must have been what our Krate gang looked like!
Group shot of Apple Krate, Pea Picker, Lemon Peeler, Orange Krate
Complete history of the Krate series 1968-1973
http://schwinncruisers.com/bikes/krates/
Last edited by PaceFever79; 02-09-2015 at 11:20 AM.
This was when Easy Rider had just been released. I lived at 51 Peterborough Drive. Our "Gang" were the Peterborough Pedal Pushers. I painted a small PPP on the frame just back from the shifters with my Testors model paint. The letters were white with black shadowing. I had just learned how to do that.Originally Posted by vascj
Yep Ken, I did the same thing with the front forks, called making a chopper
No front brake either. I was a daredevil. We lived right near the beach. Made friends with a guy who had a 20' Rayson Craft flat bottom lake boat. It had a Mahogany deck with red & white sides.
Also a 470 ( bored & stroked 454 ) with ZL-1 heads and mechanical Weber / Moon fuel injection. Just your basic 900HP Can Am engine. It had a Casale V drive and cavitation plates. Dry headers and it actually broke windows in the houses along the beach the first time he took it out. Had to run resonators after that. Me and my best friend begged our way into him giving us rides. When ever they came to the beach we would go out with them. We learned how to drink beer ( 13 years old ) oogle the women on the beach, and learned about engines. If anybody knows about the Long Island sound he crossed it in 6 minutes going from Eaton's Neck to Norwalk Connecticut
Funny how I remember all that stuff. Those were the days my friend...
EDIT: Very similar to this except red and white scallops down the sides. Similar to a late 50s Corvette.
Last edited by Ken P; 02-07-2015 at 02:26 PM.
86 LX Coupe 4E
84 SVO Watkins Glen Pace Car 1E
85 SVO Hertz 4E
85.5 SVO 2R orig owner
86 SVO 7B
66 Fastback
55 Willys Jeep Overland Wagon
Same bike I had when I was a kid. Mine was brite orange, use to love riding that bike! Cool picks.
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