$10k schwinn..........

[Bendix]

ok, you've probably all seen that '38 autocycle on ebay. is it just me or at ten thousand dollars doesn't the pitted hardware stick out like a sore thumb? yeah the paint's cool, and i guess it's really rare, but man, it's TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS :shock:

 

[socal_jack]

Amazingly there's actually 2 on ebay right now.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120434964628

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270411003520

 

[Bendix]

well, now i don't know which one to buy.......:wink:

 

[CCR]

thats hilarious, im suprised his pea picker isnt more though

 

[socal_jack]

well, now i don't know which one to buy.......:wink:

Heck , buy both and corner the market

 

[sensor]

Heck , buy both and corner the market

well then hed have to go on a shopping spree and get an aerocycle or 2........

 

[BankerRAt]

I better lock the 4 that I have up then :lol:

 

[skoda]

That's actually not far off for that bike. More than a few have paid in that neighborhood for one. There was a blue one a month or so back for $14k buy it now, but I never saw what happened. All it takes is two people with that money and a desire to have one, personally I like a few other bikes better that run a little less, but then what do you do with it?

 

[Bendix]

That's actually not far off for that bike. More than a few have paid in that neighborhood for one. There was a blue one a month or so back for $14k buy it now, but I never saw what happened. All it takes is two people with that money and a desire to have one, personally I like a few other bikes better that run a little less, but then what do you do with it?

i guess my point isn't so much the price as it is the hyperbole about the long, extensive, 'restoration' and then you have shabby original condition parts mixed in with a (mostly) beautifully refinished bike........at that price

if i ever win the lottery i think i'll buy one, part it out cheap on the rrb classifieds, and make a klunker out of the rest just to see the reaction. i must have a mean streak :mrgreen:

 

[skoda]

The ironic thing is that refinishing anything on it probably killed the deal in a lot of ways. Really that bike, the $10k (almost) "oooh, 63 and a HALF" Stingray, do very little for me. The Autocycle is about a million times better than some production looking Stingray, but look at the wild art deco looking stuff you can get for that kind of money.

Bendix, I think you should do it. I'll buy the seat for $25 shipped please... :lol:

 

[bikesntrikes]

Both are good to look at and admire, but I could never ride either one of those around. I'd be too afraid to get them knicked up or stolen. I don't have a museum, yet, so what would be the point in having one...???

I guess I'm talking this way because I don't have the money to buy one, or both. If I did have spare cash for at least one, I'd be talking differently. :wink:

 

[deorman]

:? In that price range, you might as well look at some 2nd hand Electra Glides.

 

[mastronaut]

Yeah my choice would be the fully restored one, that would be so fun to ride and show off on the car show circuit , parades, etc. 8)

 

[mrdontplay]

if i ever win the lottery i think i'll buy one, part it out cheap on the rrb classifieds, and make a klunker out of the rest just to see the reaction. i must have a mean streak :mrgreen:

That would be like painting a lamborghini with a sharpie

 

[Rustinkerer]

That would be like painting a lamborghini with a sharpie

...If I ever win the lottery, I'm gonna buy an older Rolls Royce, and paint it flat black with red wheels and whitewalls!!! :lol: ~Adam

 

[stretch]

yeah.. for ten grand i expect EVERYTHING on that bike to be beyond MINT. personally, and reasonably, id give him 5, at most. if everything was perfect, 7. if i won the lottery, id buy the most expensive and rarest rolls i could find, and chop it up into a rat rod. flat black, wide whites, and the best touch.. pink wheels. :lol: