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1969 All-Pro Dragster III
#1 2011-06-03 12:23am
1969 All-Pro Dragster III
1969 All-Pro Dragster III
Stage 1 (1969 Kmart All-Pro)70s era of my BMX bike (circa:1974-1977)
UPDATE: 8-15-2013 Final found some information about the bike when in was original. It's a 1969 All-Pro Dragster III. It was exactly like the Huffy Dragster III, only labeled as an "All-Pro" for Kmart. Plus, my Schwinn stingray after it was a 1973 and I know I had this All-Pro for more than 2 years. And, I found the Aggressor MX 20x2.125 front tire. Still need the "Mag" front sprocket.
UPDATE: 1-22-2013 Tracked down a few more parts to make this a proper replica. Parts revised: 5 1/2" Ashtabula cranks, Schwinn Scrambler forks (Ashtabula made) refinished in original black oxide dip (blueing), Wald OG box bars, and a yellow vinyl snap top tube pad. Still looking for the Huffy "mag" front sprocket and a Carlisle Aggressor MX 20 x 2.125 front tire.
UPDATE: 11-26-2012 I was talking with my parents on Thanksgiving and they told me I got the bike for my 5th birthday. That would have been September 1969. So that makes this a 1969 All-Pro Huffy frame. I've also added vintage box handlebars.
Don't know 100% if this was the frame or another I had back then. As it went, my Dad wouldn't let me strip my Schwinn Stingray. So I dragged out this frame. It was my first new bike, a Kmart All Pro (Huffy) 3-speed "dragster" style with "Hurst" style shifter on the top tube, white letter cheater slick & front tire, ape hanger bars, sparkle banana seat, sissy bar, "muffler" chainguard, and "mag wheel" front sprocket.
(1974-75) First, I repainted the frame with the leftover "Schwinn" metallic red paint from the recently refurbished Stingray. Next came the knobby tires I bought for the Stingray, but of course, didn't fit. I mounted them on these weird looking wheels with thick spokes and dimples around the nipples. These wheels look like the wheels on my 1975 Honda XR75. The freewheel was probably a Shimano (not much else back then). A friend hooked me up with some used Tange forks that I painted flat black. The bars were from a Schwinn I believe. They had a pinched crossbar to slide into the gooseneck gap. The gooseneck was purchased at the Schwinn shop but was an Ashtabula that looked like the Schwinn's, only flat black. The seat was a quilted 10-speed unit. Post and clamp were stock chrome steel.
The Shimano "Tourney" brake and lever was from that same "stripped" 10-speed Euro-cruiser. My Dad made a bracket, tube, and bolt to hold the side-pull brake. The crossmember on the seatstays were drilled for a fender, not a brake. Plus, the brake was short for a Euro 10-speed.
Since I was already riding a motocross bike, I liked Moto-X-Fox and DG products. I stuck a Moto-X-Fox decal on the head tube. Last came the yellow pads, and a set of orange MX grips to keep with the Fox theme. I loved this bike and eventually sold the Stingray to buy more BMX parts. This bike went thru a lot of changes in a few years until I got a "real" BMX bike (chrome GT).
Step ahead to April 2011, cruising thru eBay I found a seller with some vintage Moto-X-Fox decals and the brain started spinning. So, I purchase 3 decals, a set of yellow vinyl snap pads, and a set of Ame "cam" orange grips ( the original type were orange Hunt-Wilde's from the Schwinn shop, can't find them now). I dragged the frame and forks from the junk pile, stripped & painted them as close as I remember. The handlebars, crank, and front sprocket are from another "junk" bike maybe a little newer than this build era, but still very, very similar. The crank is a restored 7 1/2" non-Pro Ashtabula. I still need that Huffy "dragster" mag wheel front sprocket, if anyone might know where. New chrome steel trap pedals, quiltted Troxel seat, post, clamp, BB, and Kenda 20 x 2.125 knobby tires almost exactly like the original Carlisle tires add to the goal. The Shimano Tourney brakes and lever were discovered at a local Las Vegas bike shop. I used an Odyssey linear cable for safety along with new DiaCompe shoes. I got lucky and found an NOS Ashtabula gooseneck, NICE!
The wheels were given to me by my friend Gary Pierce, owner of JustBMX in Las Vegas. They are original Femco wheels, exactly like what I started with back then. I pulled the axles to re-grease them to find out that they were dry and new. These wheels are NOS and were never mounted or greased. SCORE!
Riding this bike is a little funky due to the geometry and some parts. It makes me recall the days of building it originally, and sometimes wish I was there again. I'm thinking of building a copy of it from later in it's life when it was white with chrome GT forks, blue anodized parts, black Skyway mags, blue Comp 2 tires, Addicks blue nylon chainwheel, and blue Tuff nylon pedals.
I'll post a picture of me riding the bike in the mid to late 1970's when my Mom finds it.
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#2 2011-06-03 7:19am
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Re: 1969 All-Pro Dragster III
How can a bike that cool not have any comments? Let me be the first. That bike is GRRRUVY !!!
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#3 2011-06-03 11:09am
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Very 70's Groooooovy!
Free your mind and your ass will follow!
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#4 2011-06-03 6:00pm
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Re: 1969 All-Pro Dragster III
This looks like my old bike i started on.
Everybody sing GOOOOO YANKEES !!! MAH!! COULD WE GET SOME MEATLOAF ??????????
Your gonna wear the shirt of the band your going to see??? DONT BE THAT GUY!!!!!!
R.I.P. Autmn Pasquale 12yrs. old you will not be forgotten. Murderd over BMX parts. UNFORGIVABLE.
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#5 2011-06-03 10:20pm
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Now this is what I like to see!!! True bmx soul, right there! Makes me wish I still had my '77 Huffy Thunder Road.
Don't mind me. I'm just here to look at pictures.
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#6 2012-11-18 4:32am
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Re: 1969 All-Pro Dragster III
Looks great.
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my life story: http://bmxmuseum.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=693756
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#7 2013-01-03 6:56am
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Re: 1969 All-Pro Dragster III
Very nice.
Mike
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#8 2013-07-22 10:23am
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DG dg dG Dg,long live DG
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#9 2014-01-02 4:19pm
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Re: 1969 All-Pro Dragster III
I love that its at the skate park:)
“Chubs up over S tubes and coin rolls.”
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#10 2014-01-02 6:13pm
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Awesome old school ride. Very
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#11 2015-10-17 11:43am
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Reminds me of my old thunder road & pink thunder !!!
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#12 2017-04-11 5:17am
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Re: 1969 All-Pro Dragster III
It's not a Huffy. All-Pro was a K-Mart brand, most were Huffy some were not.
Huffy NEVER had those dropouts, and all Huffy frames from the time were brazed.
Wanted: OPC shells for 6005 bearings (47mm)
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#13 2017-06-06 4:49pm
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Re: 1969 All-Pro Dragster III
Can anyone get these Asian-made NON-HUFFY All-Pros off the Huffy page and onto the All-Pro page?
You assume it's a Huffy because it said All-Pro? All-Pro was a K-Mart store brand applied to whatever bikes it desired. Here's an AMF All-Pro:
http://bmxmuseum.com/bikes/all-pro/36142
Here's a Murray All-Pro:
http://bmxmuseum.com/bikes/all-pro/44637
Here's a Huffy All-Pro:
http://bmxmuseum.com/bikes/all-pro/65876
This is proof that K-Mart used multiple sources for its All-Pro label. All the proof you need that this bike is NOT a Huffy is in the photos of the bike: PUT IT UNDER ALL-PRO.
Last edited by Crashman (2018-07-14 4:53pm)
Wanted: OPC shells for 6005 bearings (47mm)
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#14 2017-06-06 4:51pm
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Re: 1969 All-Pro Dragster III
How does one go about getting a false submission removed?
Last edited by Crashman (2018-07-14 4:53pm)
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#15 2018-07-14 4:54pm
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Re: 1969 All-Pro Dragster III
What I'm saying is that both of GRRRUVY's "Huffy All Pro" submissions are fraudulent. He knows these are not Huffy bikes. Here's the Huffy he claimed it to be:
Wanted: OPC shells for 6005 bearings (47mm)
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