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1965 black schwinn stingray deluxe

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Mine was originally green&yellow

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View attachment 656897 The Black Stingrays.

They are real. I researched these Black Stingrays as far as I could after I bought mine on Jan. 11, 2005. It seems most of them ( I knew of about 5 or 6 at the time) came out of Tulsa, Oklahoma area.
I spoke to an old Schwinn dealer friend of mine back then and he recalled Schwinn doing a "consumer survey" in certain stores down south on the Black Stingrays.
Remember, Schwinn tried the Black Stingrays again with the 66 Fastbacks.

My Deluxe came with the 2 speed blue band kick-back rear hub and front caliper brake. Dated CA***** March 10, 1965.
Fork is dated 3+5
Crank is SA-1-65

Chris.

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Is this bike for sale?
 
The seat on Tammy's bike bears a tag that is a post-'70 tag. It does not have the patent number on it.
 
Were there black typhoon middleweight frames or were all stingray and typhoon frames the same? It's my understanding that typhoon models in 64 and 65 were able to be bought in black...
 
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