I recently picked this up at an estate sale for my 9 year old nephew. Whenever he comes over we'd borrow the neighbors kid's BMX bike for him to ride ('cause I don't have any 20" bikes, at least I didn't at the time). I'd told him we'd have to get him a cooler bike, then he mentioned wanting a Stingray (YIKES! :shock: ).
Well after looking for an affordable Stingray we stumbled on this, it's a '70s All-Pro Stingray copy (sold thru Kmart). It's got some neat details like the offset black stripes on the fenders and the same offset stripes, only yellow on black on the seat). It was last 'inspected' in '75 and sat in a garage most of it's life.
As usual, I didn't take pics of the 'restoration' process but mainly have before and after pics.
I just finished it up last night 'cause he's coming over this weekend (he hasn't seen it yet) and I can't wait to see his reaction!
The only modification I made was by adding the 3" slick, which resulted in having to flip the rear sprocket and adding a spacer between the hub and frame on the right side to keep the chain from rubbing either the tire or the frame.
In the process the rear fender was shelved, for now. I'd like to put the fender back on but it was interfering with the tire in a major way so it was easier leaving it off.
Anyway, on with the show...
Before
During restoration, after cleaning and polishing
After final assembly
Sorry the 'after' pics are so crappy, I did use an actual camera (not a cell phone)!
I keep promising I'll get to an actual 'rat rod' build one of these days...
BTW, has anyone seen on of these bikes before?
It appears that the frame and other details are the same as a Western Flyer girls 'Stingray' copy I have (it's called 'Little Miss Buzz Bike' on the chainguard (sorry no pics of that one).
Well after looking for an affordable Stingray we stumbled on this, it's a '70s All-Pro Stingray copy (sold thru Kmart). It's got some neat details like the offset black stripes on the fenders and the same offset stripes, only yellow on black on the seat). It was last 'inspected' in '75 and sat in a garage most of it's life.
As usual, I didn't take pics of the 'restoration' process but mainly have before and after pics.
I just finished it up last night 'cause he's coming over this weekend (he hasn't seen it yet) and I can't wait to see his reaction!
The only modification I made was by adding the 3" slick, which resulted in having to flip the rear sprocket and adding a spacer between the hub and frame on the right side to keep the chain from rubbing either the tire or the frame.
In the process the rear fender was shelved, for now. I'd like to put the fender back on but it was interfering with the tire in a major way so it was easier leaving it off.
Anyway, on with the show...
Before
During restoration, after cleaning and polishing
After final assembly
Sorry the 'after' pics are so crappy, I did use an actual camera (not a cell phone)!
I keep promising I'll get to an actual 'rat rod' build one of these days...
BTW, has anyone seen on of these bikes before?
It appears that the frame and other details are the same as a Western Flyer girls 'Stingray' copy I have (it's called 'Little Miss Buzz Bike' on the chainguard (sorry no pics of that one).