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    Another blast from the past. The Schwinn "Orange Krate"!!

    These were just Badass in the 60's. I give you the Schwinn "Orange Krate". http://chicagoist.com/2008/09/26/the...inn_qualit.php
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    My '66' GT I built. My first Hot Rod magazine Cover "Summer 85". I've had it for 32 years, since I was 18. It's a trailer queen. 289 Hi-po, t-10 Toploader 4speed, 9 inch rearend.



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    Re: Another blast from the past. The Schwinn "Orange Krate"!!

    My '66' GT I built. My first Hot Rod magazine Cover "Summer 85". I've had it for 32 years, since I was 18. It's a trailer queen. 289 Hi-po, t-10 Toploader 4speed, 9 inch rearend.

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    Re: Another blast from the past. The Schwinn "Orange Krate"!!

    I had one of those!! I think someone gave it to my parents used when I was born, I was born in 72 so it wouldn't have been that old. If I had only known what they were worth now I probably wouldn't have been jumping stuff with it and so on

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    Re: Another blast from the past. The Schwinn "Orange Krate"!!

    Quote Originally Posted by lostforawhile View Post
    I had one of those!! I think someone gave it to my parents used when I was born, I was born in 72 so it wouldn't have been that old. If I had only known what they were worth now I probably wouldn't have been jumping stuff with it and so on
    They were ahead of their time. Look at the build on that bike. Pretty cool. I am sure that was a pretty penny back then. Drum brake, 5 speed, suspension.
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    Re: Another blast from the past. The Schwinn "Orange Krate"!!

    This bike reminds me of Lions Drag Strip. I grew up by there and could hear the drags on the weekends as a kid laying in bed. It was so cool!
    My '66' GT I built. My first Hot Rod magazine Cover "Summer 85". I've had it for 32 years, since I was 18. It's a trailer queen. 289 Hi-po, t-10 Toploader 4speed, 9 inch rearend.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bluntman View Post
    They were ahead of their time. Look at the build on that bike. Pretty cool. I am sure that was a pretty penny back then. Drum brake, 5 speed, suspension.
    by the time I was old enough to ride it it was the "old bike" that had been in the corner of the garage forever, dam I wish I hadn't beat the crap out of it, but what kid thinks he's going to make money on his bike someday? It had a shifter forget being careful with it, there were ramps to jump and barbie dolls to run over lol, that bike survived going warp speed down dead mans hill, if you run over a barbie just right the head flies off and you can make your sister start crying
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    Re: Another blast from the past. The Schwinn "Orange Krate"!!

    Ok I had to post the video again, I remember everyone one of these toys!! I wish I still had the bionic man with the magic eye and the coleco football!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm--KJk-kgw

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    Re: Another blast from the past. The Schwinn "Orange Krate"!!

    Quote Originally Posted by lostforawhile View Post
    It had a shifter forget being careful with it, there were ramps to jump and barbie dolls to run over lol, that bike survived going warp speed down dead mans hill, if you run over a barbie just right the head flies off and you can make your sister start crying
    I laughed my ass off right now
    My '66' GT I built. My first Hot Rod magazine Cover "Summer 85". I've had it for 32 years, since I was 18. It's a trailer queen. 289 Hi-po, t-10 Toploader 4speed, 9 inch rearend.

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    Re: Another blast from the past. The Schwinn "Orange Krate"!!

    Quote Originally Posted by lostforawhile View Post
    Ok I had to post the video again, I remember everyone one of these toys!! I wish I still had the bionic man with the magic eye and the coleco football!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm--KJk-kgw
    I am from Cal. but I do know cookin' and country music pretty well.
    My '66' GT I built. My first Hot Rod magazine Cover "Summer 85". I've had it for 32 years, since I was 18. It's a trailer queen. 289 Hi-po, t-10 Toploader 4speed, 9 inch rearend.

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    Re: Another blast from the past. The Schwinn "Orange Krate"!!

    Quote Originally Posted by Bluntman View Post
    I am from Cal. but I do know cookin' and country music pretty well.
    I rode that bike down deadmans hill wearing one of those Evil Kenivil capes

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    Re: Another blast from the past. The Schwinn "Orange Krate"!!

    I had one of these in the mid 70's. Seems funny now for some reason, especially the fat "racing slick" tire in the back.



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    Re: Another blast from the past. The Schwinn "Orange Krate"!!

    oh geriatric 3geez.com how i've missed you, lol
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    Re: Another blast from the past. The Schwinn "Orange Krate"!!

    Yeah, right! While searching for a photo of the Judge 5 I saw one of a similar styled bike that had a steering wheel in place of the handlebars. One of the boys in my neighborhood had one of those! I, too, used to use jump ramps and do all sorts of dangerous things. No helmets, of course. We never even heard of a bicycle helmet in the 70's.

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    What I think of reading this

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    Re: Another blast from the past. The Schwinn "Orange Krate"!!

    I wonder how many of us are responsible for war crimes for the torture and murder of thousands of plastic green army men? I remember the hot plate incident, buried my moms hot plate near the army mountain and "blasted" an entire enemy platoon with my "thermal weapon" , I don't know who was worse off the blobs of plastic that used to be army men or me when she found her hot plate. I killed many of them with those little firecrackers and M-80's dropped from bombers

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    Re: Another blast from the past. The Schwinn "Orange Krate"!!

    And, of course, the amputations of army-man limbs without anesthetic.

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    Re: Another blast from the past. The Schwinn "Orange Krate"!!

    I had the Western Auto knock-off. Bent the forks the first day I got it from a hard landing after jumping a ridiculously high ramp.

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    Re: Another blast from the past. The Schwinn "Orange Krate"!!

    Quote Originally Posted by DBMaster View Post
    And, of course, the amputations of army-man limbs without anesthetic.
    suck it up soldier,it's only a quick clip with the wire cutters, Johnson over there had his entire base and feet blown off

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    Re: Another blast from the past. The Schwinn "Orange Krate"!!

    I raise you one Evel Kenivil stunt cycle.

    Mine never managed to finish his jumps,usually because he was shooting out the second story window into the tree, I have to give him credit though, when you are flying down dead mans hill wearing a cape,hoping your bike doesn't fly apart or that you hit a tree, it's harder then it looks

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    Re: Another blast from the past. The Schwinn "Orange Krate"!!

    I actually have one of these I found it at a flea market a few years ago< i still need to fix it as I would like to see it work, not that long ago I also found the Hanna Barbara battery powered slide projector with a ton of original slide strips inside, paid 2 dollars for it


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    Re: Another blast from the past. The Schwinn "Orange Krate"!!

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    oh geriatric 3geez.com how i've missed you, lol
    Come on stat1K. You can do better than this. You have a thread full of middle-aged men waxing nostalgic. That is pure, troll GOLD!
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    Re: Another blast from the past. The Schwinn "Orange Krate"!!

    Want to cringe? I bought Star Wars figures in 1977 and, gasp, took them out of the packages and played with them. I sold them to a collector in 1991. Obviously, I didn't get top dollar cause they were not in the packages. I think it very sad if kids leave their toys packaged to someday sell them.

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    Re: Another blast from the past. The Schwinn "Orange Krate"!!

    The neighbor kid and I sent all our starwars figures to their demise in the mud pit they are probably still down there oh 2 m80s blowing the wings off of a tie fighter is very realistic

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