America made should it stay in the usa

[Awhipple]

If I lived in Europe I would love to ride my rusty Schwinn wherever I could. I have no problem with it.

 

[bobcycles]

At least you know if someone overseas is buying vintage bicycles....they are probably going to good homes
shipping is not cheap.
I've sent a few overseas, not many, but if they call for them, I oblige!

 

[partsguy]

Does it matter? If they buy it, I don't care where it goes. Someone is happy!

 

[PCHiggin]

Just another hunk of iron,no heart and soul. Matters not what becomes of it

 

[2jakes]

I AM NOT talking about the people I mean the bike,s losing inventory of classic bicycle,s

I believe that for the most part the folks
here on the forum appreciate your concern.
Obviously everyone deals with it in their
own way judging by the replies I'm reading.

You asked what we think about people
in other countries buying and shipping
overseas?

People like the classic bikes all over the
world. I don't blame them at all.

Now if you had asked what we think about
the people in this country selling them...
that's something else altogether.

But it'll still be happening.
Similar to the vintage WW2 USA leather jackets
that are sought out by Japan.

 

[partsguy]

But it'll still be happening.
Similar to the vintage WW2 USA leather jackets
that are sought out by Japan.

I beg your pardon? Why would they want those in Japan?

 

[momo608]

I sold a couple of cherished Caddies to a guy in Australia, I was kind of bummed. I guess I was thinking once there I couldn't buy them back. He paid the extra G I insisted on to make the overseas deal. If I recall I did put no overseas sales in my ads. Sold a T bird to a guy in Poland as well, said no overseas sales as well in my Ebay ad, he bid on it anyway. Actually they both turned out to be easy sales, they had them picked up with no fuss. Wire transfers, piece of cake. No deadbeat holding deposits LOL!

 

[2jakes]

I beg your pardon? Why would they want those in Japan?

Ever since the end of WW2, Japan has had an ongoing fascination with all things American.
The first dose was the military wear that occupying US soldiers wore in post-WW2 Japan.
I first became aware when I signed up to a forum that caters to vintage US leather jackets.

Likewise after the war, American jeans began to be imported and tailored for Japanese
customers.
In the 60s, Japanese companies bought the vintage looms that Levis’s, Wrangler, and
other American companies sold off. The Levi plant where I grew up, shut down
and moved out of the USA.
There’s something about American jeans with the inside labels that read “Made In Mexico”
or some other foreign place. Like riding a repo bicycle!

 

[Joe Buffardi]

This is the only thing that will never leave the USA

 

[2jakes]

This is the only thing that will never leave the USA

I’m sure this one also won’t be leaving the USA.

Ace pilot Tex Hill’s jacket from his days with the AVG & the Flying Tigers.
I met him at work. He smiled and politely told me that the AVG patch on my
JCP “faux” leather jacket was on the wrong shoulder.