1964 Sears Spaceliner 
#1 2010-10-10 12:57pm
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1964 Sears Spaceliner
1964 Sears Spaceliner
Modified for BMX
Thanks to Marty Brown there are three photographs of my first BMX crusier. It started life as a 1964 model 24" Sears Spaceliner. I found the frame in 1981 and started building a cruiser for BMX racing. It was cut down, braces added for support, and headtube angle modified. Low-end bmx forks, 26" Araya 7X rims, yellow snakebelly 26" tires - sometimes a street black wall tire was run in back as in photo. Seat was a Uni-seat it also had low-end handlebars and clamp as well as Suntour gears and Dia-Compe brakes front and rear with TerryCable cables. Although it had many wins, I am a poor welder and the frame eventually let go at a NBL National race and was thrown away. 
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#2 2010-10-11 8:40am
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Re: 1964 Sears Spaceliner
That was a really cool modified cruiser!
It looks like a cross between a mini and a cruiser. Cool.
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#3 2010-10-12 5:46am
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Re: 1964 Sears Spaceliner
Monster-Robot wrote:
That was a really cool modified cruiser!
It looks like a cross between a mini and a cruiser. Cool.
Monster-Robot,
Thanks,
I never really fit well on a normal 26" cruiser so I made this one as small as possible. It seemed to handle very well (up until the frame let go) and we were quite successful with it. I believe that my gas welding made the mild steel too brittle and the frame broke. I do wish I still had it but who keeps a broken homemade bike for 30 years?
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#4 2010-11-20 8:02am
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Re: 1964 Sears Spaceliner
Cool photos! Has to be Madison Township race track with the yellow Doors BMX banners?
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#5 2010-11-22 3:55am
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Re: 1964 Sears Spaceliner
BMX 10K wrote:
Cool photos! Has to be Madison Township race track with the yellow Doors BMX banners?
Great memory, I couldn't place the track, thanks for the observation on the Dorr's banners. Has to be Madison BMX.
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#6 2011-06-22 6:01pm
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Re: 1964 Sears Spaceliner
I love it!
I leave my bikes in the rain!
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#7 2011-10-30 8:32am
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Re: 1964 Sears Spaceliner
One heck of a ride! 
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#8 2011-12-22 8:24am
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Re: 1964 Sears Spaceliner
Awesome bike, right in there with the innovation and experimentation of the early years. Love the vintage photos too!
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#9 2012-01-16 6:49am
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Re: 1964 Sears Spaceliner
Thanks everybody!
JAF wrote:
Awesome bike, right in there with the innovation and experimentation of the early years. Love the vintage photos too!
It really was an experiment in changing traction, turn-in, general handling, weight, jumping and all that BMX was. There were actually two Sears Sapceliners that I built and both broke. I wasn't really that hard on them, just a terrible welder. I do have great memories of trying to make the bike very competitive at a national level.
Mike
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#10 2012-04-24 4:34pm
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Re: 1964 Sears Spaceliner
I have a womens 1962 Spaceliner... ALL CHROME!!!! It's sweet, but this is SUPER-SWEET!!!
In need of a bolt-on TOP TUBE frame extender/stander... LONG LIVE the 80's!!!!
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#11 2012-06-12 9:49am
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Man too bad it didnt survive!! 
That frame looked killer.
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