1978 Schwinn Stingray 
#1 2010-03-28 6:24pm
- radray68
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1978 Schwinn Stingray
1978 Schwinn Stingray
What Joe Kid made me do.
After watching Joe Kid on a Stingray it brought back alot of memories how we used to build bikes. So after building cars, trucks and motorcycles I thought why not build a bike where it all started for most of us. I took a 1978 Stingray frame added 79 Ashatabula forks, then found some almost nos Lester wheels. Added to that Schwinn Scrambler box bars, neck and sprocket, painted the frame 70's Corvette white put on a messinger seat, nos schwinn and rad pad for the neck and red hunt wilde grips. I built this bike to represent the bike I would have loved to build when I was ten. 
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#2 2010-03-28 6:35pm
- g-flash
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Re: 1978 Schwinn Stingray
Very nice and very 70's
Free your mind and your ass will follow!
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#3 2010-03-28 8:52pm
- cnc6306
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Re: 1978 Schwinn Stingray
sweet bike:cool:
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#4 2010-03-28 9:04pm
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Re: 1978 Schwinn Stingray
that is awesome. 
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#5 2010-03-28 9:27pm
- mark.fitzpatrick
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Re: 1978 Schwinn Stingray
Bravo!
Absolutely captured the spirit of the Museum.
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#6 2010-03-29 2:51am
- Funky-Monk
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Re: 1978 Schwinn Stingray
Hey, great build, I just love 70's bikes, this one just screams "Old School" to me. Would love to build a Singray one day too, I already have some cool parts and a couple of sets of Lesters waiting, but Stingray's don't come up for sale that often in the UK.
Take time to play..... It's the secret of perpetual youth!
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#7 2010-03-29 9:21am
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Re: 1978 Schwinn Stingray
After seeing "Joe Kid", I wanted to do a Stingray on Motomags. Your bike captures the exact vibe I was looking for. Way cool. Instant fave.
"We want to be free! We want to be free to do what we want to do! We want to be free to ride. And we want to be free to ride our machines without being hassled by The Man. And we want to get loaded." -Peter Fonda, Wild Angels 1966
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#8 2010-03-29 6:30pm
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Re: 1978 Schwinn Stingray
Thanks for all the cool comments! Glad you guys get it! 
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#9 2010-04-01 10:41pm
- grapekrate71
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Re: 1978 Schwinn Stingray
tasteful build,couple decals and it will look nos.i like your forks,it looks like mine except i have white red stone mags chrome predator forks chrome bars.
i pay fast ,you ship fast.
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#10 2010-08-15 7:43pm
- JoeKat
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Re: 1978 Schwinn Stingray
Great looking bike, just how I wanted in 1978
Last edited by JoeKat (2010-08-15 7:43pm)
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#11 2011-03-19 5:30pm
- cannedheatrm
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Re: 1978 Schwinn Stingray
OH! HELL YEAH!!!
When in Doubt... Knock'em Out.
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#12 2011-03-19 5:32pm
- stclair411
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Re: 1978 Schwinn Stingray
I swear I had that bike as a kid. Is it mine? Just kidding, but I do love it. Mine even had some super heavy Lesters on it for a while. Love it!!!
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