Harry P. Posted July 15, 2014 Posted July 15, 2014 Another cool Xonex diecast in 1/6 scale. They did the whole "Krate" line... Orange Krate, Apple Krate, Lemon Peeler, etc. Again, like with my 1903 HD, all I added was some detail paint. The "chain" drive works through the pedals, the seat shock absorbers really work.
slusher Posted July 15, 2014 Posted July 15, 2014 That's cool Harry. Looks like the real thing. Was those bikes made in the late 60's and early 70's.?? Great job on this
Harry P. Posted July 15, 2014 Author Posted July 15, 2014 That's cool Harry. Looks like the real thing. Was those bikes made in the late 60's and early 70's.?? I think so... somewhere around there.
Ramfins59 Posted July 15, 2014 Posted July 15, 2014 That's very nice Harry. I guess you've finished all of your summer fix-it chores since you're building models again?
AzTom Posted July 15, 2014 Posted July 15, 2014 I think so... somewhere around there. The real ones were. The models were from around the late 1990's. Somewhere I have the full set of these.
Harry P. Posted July 15, 2014 Author Posted July 15, 2014 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Schwinn-Sting-Ray-1972-Orange-Krate-W-Disc-Brake-Totally-Restored-/171381868794?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27e727c8fa http://www.ebay.com/itm/1968-Schwinn-Stingray-Lemon-Peeler-Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeet-Free-Shipping-/131241443483?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e8e99809b http://www.ebay.com/itm/schwinn-stingray-apple-krate-1972-original-owner-take-a-look-/201125909923?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2ed409d5a3 Wow!
cobraman Posted July 15, 2014 Posted July 15, 2014 4,000.00 dollars ???? That's over 5 of my house payments !!!!!
slusher Posted July 16, 2014 Posted July 16, 2014 4,000.00 dollars ???? That's over 5 of my house payments !!!!! You can handle 4 grand Ray.
cobraman Posted July 16, 2014 Posted July 16, 2014 Carl, I can find better uses for 4,000 dollars than a bike ! : )
62rebel Posted July 17, 2014 Posted July 17, 2014 i had one in junior high, metallic blue with the shifter, etc... loved that thing, it was so much easier to ride than the big Schwinn 26" i got from my Dad. both of them got sold in the early '80's when i was in the Navy.
Harry P. Posted July 17, 2014 Author Posted July 17, 2014 i had one in junior high, metallic blue with the shifter, etc... loved that thing, it was so much easier to ride than the big Schwinn 26" i got from my Dad. both of them got sold in the early '80's when i was in the Navy. You couldn't have had a blue Orange Krate. They didn't come in blue.
Modelmartin Posted July 20, 2014 Posted July 20, 2014 But Harry, does the derailleur work? MPC did make an 1/8 scale Sting Ray kit and a Continental road bike. My best buddy in Junior High school had a paper route and bought an Apple Krate. I was so jealous. I had a hand me down 20" bike. My parents got me some high rise handlebars but they said no to a banana seat. I was so deprived!!!!
Harry P. Posted July 20, 2014 Author Posted July 20, 2014 I had a hand me down 20" bike. My parents got me some high rise handlebars but they said no to a banana seat. I was so deprived!!!! Same here. My parents wouldn't buy me a Krate. Not even a plain old Stingray. I had a "regular" bike.
62rebel Posted July 20, 2014 Posted July 20, 2014 must have been a Stingray then; no less fun to ride. one of my friends had white tires on his 'ray.....
Funkster Posted July 20, 2014 Posted July 20, 2014 Remember them as a kid when I was aound 10 yrs of age at the local Schwinn dealer down town Antigo, WI. I got a Gambles 20" bike red in color(no shifter, no buckhorn handle bars no small front wheel, no banana seat) and just a plain bike that mom and dad could aford.
Harry P. Posted July 21, 2014 Author Posted July 21, 2014 This is the look we really wanted back when I was a kid. Only one kid in the neighborhood had one like this and we were all jealous! Hmmm... I don't remember the neighborhood girls looking like that when I was a kid...
jbwelda Posted July 21, 2014 Posted July 21, 2014 my friends and I made our sting rays into offroad bikes and rode down Mt Tamalpais before there were any mountain bikes! this was about 65 or so when my dad was stationed in Marin county California right at the dawn of the grateful dead culture in the area. used to ride around Olimpali park before it was a park and when the dead lived there in a commune after leaving the Haight Ashbury district of San Francisco. Stingrays and Hobie skateboards with clay wheels that stopped dead when they encountered a pebble in the road. used to ride those things down the mountain as well. jb
1/24DragAndStreetCars Posted July 21, 2014 Posted July 21, 2014 I had the opportunity to buy an Orange Krate for 80 bucks, and it looked brand new, I can tell now after seing one for $500 bucks the same way, I made a MASSIVE mistake
Harry P. Posted July 21, 2014 Author Posted July 21, 2014 I had the opportunity to buy an Orange Krate for 80 bucks, and it looked brand new... That was a big mistake, all right! That's less than they cost new in 1968!
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