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Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 8:48 am
by beatlefan
Schwinn made a few "Grape Krate" reproduction bikes a few years ago...even thought they really never existed in the first place....I had one.
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 9:02 am
by rickaddict
The Grape Krate sounds cool. I've never seen one.
How about "Grape Krate-glo" for the 2006 COY?
But would it be transparent, opaque, or sparkly?!
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 9:03 am
by rickfan63
I had my 4003MB re-routed and moved the hi-gain neck pick-up to the vintage 1/2" spacing. I like what it did for the tone of the bass. I also had a vintage pickguard made for it too. It looks a little closer to my V63 now.
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 11:07 am
by joev4001
maybe a flip-flop sparkle-glo finish... that would be classy
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 11:35 am
by shamustwin
I thought JH had said there would not be a COY next year, something else is in the plot.
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 11:47 am
by kcole4001
Mmmmmm....4002's!
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 12:58 pm
by throw_this_away
no COY... but checkerboard across the lineup...
I hope that is not the case or I would want to buy a 3rd ric
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 7:05 pm
by aceonbass
Jared, Jeff...just for you in beautiful Lemon Peeler-Glo!
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 7:16 pm
by aceonbass
Or maybe Sky Blue-Glo?
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 8:46 pm
by jnbass
Damn!!!
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 1:07 am
by marc61
This is what my son will get for his birthday next March(repro of course, an original is around $2000-2500)
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 2:42 am
by rickaddict
Thanks, Dane.
Ahhhhh...Lemon Peeler. My bro had one. My other bro had the Orange Krate. At the time I was too small to have one. I got a little yellow fixed gear Schwinn with solid tires and training wheels. It was dangerous on a steep downhill with no brakes!
And then...go figure...I inherited all the hand-me-down bad clothes; the Greg Brady pants and belts and leisure suits and parkas with furry hoods...but what happened to the two Schwinn Stingrays? Sold by an ad in the paper for chump change before I could get a hold of 'em. And there were only 2 years between each of us! Where is the justice?
Marc- Good choice. He'll be the coolest kid in town!
Somebody should make a shifter/derailleur kit to add to the new ones. I know its a liability thing, but what the heck!
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 3:40 am
by beatlefan
Hey Dane! Is that a Manta with a regular 'ray seat on it? I had an orange one but left the "toilet seat" on it for my big *ss! lol!!
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 5:59 am
by aceonbass
Chris...That was the last sparkle blue Stingray seat my Schwinn shop had before they closed. I took the big stock seat off, had it re-done in sparkle red for my 26" custom Stingray where it looks "right". I built that Manta Ray for my daughter who didn't like any of the stock colors. I'll give it back to her after she gets out of college and has someplace safe to keep it.
Marc...Schwinn makes a 5-speed, front and rear drum brake version of the Grey Ghost. With a few select parts, it can be made almost indestinguishable from the original. Now THIS is a thread going WAY off topic!
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 7:53 am
by jnbass
hey its Evolution!