here_is_to_hope
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Wed Apr-20-11 10:43 AM
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Scored these rusty things out of a barn yesterday. One ridable 5 speed Stingray rat rod and two old BMX bikes. The ten speeds are toast, too bad. Family was killed in a plane crash in 1980 and the bikes had hung up in the barn since then. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ys1w4-e5sjo/Ta7-Q9i4dBI/AAAAAAAABYU/Mm5Tp7emC44/s1600/bikes+002.JPG
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Sat Apr-23-11 08:49 PM
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thanks for posting this. It is a memory trip.
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Sun Apr-24-11 08:57 AM
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2. Sure thing and there is a somewhat happier ending... |
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A friend puts together jousting bikes so I asked him if he could use the frames. He stopped by and decided to weld together a metal sculpture of sorts, we are going to put it together and take it up to the hill behind the barn where I found these, inscribe a plaque and install it. The father had purchased all of these at once from a local bike store that is still here. The owner remembers the sale.
My daughter is riding the Stingray, loves the banana seat and has learned to do wheelies.
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