Need date help on a Sting Ray
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Need date help on a Sting Ray
I HAVE THE FRAME FROM MY FIRST BIKE A flamboyant red schwinn stingray, when I was a kid I trashed the bike and turned it into a BMX bike, now at almost 60 I want to restore it .I have no photos of the bike ,I am trying to find out the year it was made so I can look for a parts donor bike ,the ser number starts with GD,the look up chart says 1968 but it was not made in red and I think I got the bike around 73,74 ? can anyone tell me the year ?thanks anyone have a red stingray for sale I need all parts from it other than frame ? ....
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Also, consider the Fairlady similar to the Stingray as a parts bike. The parts are very close and much cheaper that way. People selling real Stingray parts want real money for them.
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Please attach pictures. I can tell a LOT, just from the frame shape, bracketry and serial number.
There were two red Schwinn "Sting-Ray style" frames in 1968 , Kool Red (Flamboyant Red) on Apple Krate ONLY, and "Red" on a 20 inch Typhoon.
My only guess is that you have a Typhoon, that is not actually Flamboyant Red. If you DO actually have a Flamboyant Red 1968 frame, break out the credit card because it will cost thousands to rebuild into an Apple Krate! (Which would be awesome)
There were two red Schwinn "Sting-Ray style" frames in 1968 , Kool Red (Flamboyant Red) on Apple Krate ONLY, and "Red" on a 20 inch Typhoon.
My only guess is that you have a Typhoon, that is not actually Flamboyant Red. If you DO actually have a Flamboyant Red 1968 frame, break out the credit card because it will cost thousands to rebuild into an Apple Krate! (Which would be awesome)
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Please attach pictures. I can tell a LOT, just from the frame shape, bracketry and serial number.
There were two red Schwinn "Sting-Ray style" frames in 1968 , Kool Red (Flamboyant Red) on Apple Krate ONLY, and "Red" on a 20 inch Typhoon.
My only guess is that you have a Typhoon, that is not actually Flamboyant Red. If you DO actually have a Flamboyant Red 1968 frame, break out the credit card because it will cost thousands to rebuild into an Apple Krate! (Which would be awesome)
There were two red Schwinn "Sting-Ray style" frames in 1968 , Kool Red (Flamboyant Red) on Apple Krate ONLY, and "Red" on a 20 inch Typhoon.
My only guess is that you have a Typhoon, that is not actually Flamboyant Red. If you DO actually have a Flamboyant Red 1968 frame, break out the credit card because it will cost thousands to rebuild into an Apple Krate! (Which would be awesome)
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Yes, the serial number can be used to date old Schwinn. I know what you mean about wanting to restore your first bike. My first bike was a 1966 Schwinn Sting Ray Fastback. Got it for my 9th birthday. Best present ever. And, I still have it. It's in original unrestored condition, except for a replacement rear tire.
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I can not prove it but here is what it is looking like to me I think my parents bought a used 68 typhoon from the dealer that they took in trade and they turned it into a stingray look alike ,pig bike,,,I swore the chain guard said stingray maybe they put stingray decals on it ,it had the red banana seat ,and the tall v bars on it ,, all these years I thought I had a stingray...bummer I think I may have found a typhoon donor bike ,I will do what the dealer did ,use what I can from donor bike and put stingray bars ,seat and stickers on it .that will be be as close to what it was when I got it ,I think it will be cool just to look at it in the man cave and have it a bike again and not just a rusty frame ,
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