Another Opal Violet story, Nov. 64

[mrg]

Sick of typing so will try to shorten this, a few yrs ago my friend called on a Sunday morning ( I was actually on the Orange ride ) and ask about the value of a purple StingRay at a antique store, original opal paint frame & guard, everything else was Lowrider aftermarket parts bent forward springer, full chrome fenders, straight laced wheels, etc,etc., well he ended up getting it. sub story that I've told here, in 64 I picked out a opal at my local shop ( Rost's Schwinn & mower, Pico Rivera Ca. ) for Xmas but never got it ( bought my Lime 64 from a friends brother later ) well this friend which I didn't know till high school got a opal ( maybe violet ) from the same shop a couple of yrs later so he really wanted to rebuild this one, he found a 68 violet girls fork at a swap and a few other parts but gave up after a little while so I ended up with it along with all the Lowrider parts ( sold to offset the price ), I have been collecting parts including a 6-4 opal girls fork ( still have to thread/cut it down and deal with the thicker ID so neck won't go all the way in ) so will some day get completed and set next my 64 Lime & Coppertone that's probably my nicest paint, that also has a good survivor story.

 

[nick tures]

wow thats a good story ! the paints not bad at all either fork matches nice to, good find, i would like to get a opal someday to ! good luck on the project cant wait to see it finished !

 

[stoney]

That is a nice project. Pretty decent paint with nice screens and Schwinn on top bar. Keep us up to date.

 

[fatbike]

Sick of typing so will try to shorten this, a few yrs ago my friend called on a Sunday morning ( I was actually on the Orange ride ) and ask about the value of a purple StingRay at a antique store, original opal paint frame & guard, everything else was Lowrider aftermarket parts bent forward springer, full chrome fenders, straight laced wheels, etc,etc., well he ended up getting it. sub story that I've told here, in 64 I picked out a opal at my local shop ( Rost's Schwinn & mower, Pico Rivera Ca. ) for Xmas but never got it ( bought my Lime 64 from a friends brother later ) well this friend which I didn't know till high school got a opal ( maybe violet ) from the same shop a couple of yrs later so he really wanted to rebuild this one, he found a 68 violet girls fork at a swap and a few other parts but gave up after a little while so I ended up with it along with all the Lowrider parts ( sold to offset the price ), I have been collecting parts including a 6-4 opal girls fork ( still have to thread/cut it down and deal with the thicker ID so neck won't go all the way in ) so will some day get completed and set next my 64 Lime & Coppertone that's probably my nicest paint, that also has a good survivor story.View attachment 1606392

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Cool. Not only the steer tubes longer in general on girls forks but so is the fork blade itself. It's different altogether I believe than a boys fork.

 

[indycycling]

Cool. Not only the steer tubes longer in general on girls forks but so is the fork blade itself. It's different altogether I believe than a boys fork.

Nope, the girls forks have identical blade and rake as any boys 20" Stingray. Only difference is the longer steerer tube, just cut it down and retap the threads further and installs identical.

 

[Dbike]

Nice to see survivor Sting-Ray bikes.

 

[mrg]

Nope, the girls forks have identical blade and rake as any boys 20" Stingray. Only difference is the longer steerer tube, just cut it down and retap the threads further and installs identical.

Ya but as said inner wall gets thicker the further you go in so when cut down the goose neck won't go in as far as the boys.

 

[indycycling]

Ya but as said inner wall gets thicker the further you go in so when cut down the goose neck won't go in as far as the boys.

true on diameter, but still works just fine

 

[Hoagie57]

Hey that's my fork!
You don't cut it down from the top & rethread at all. You cut the lower part out and reweld the top part back on. Done it many times gooseneck then fits as it should & was going to do it to this fork except I had no need for the fork so just sold it. Matches your frame to a T great score for you

I still have the OPAL matching guard wiped clean & the 64 girls frame that fork came off of if anybody's interested PM me
Tommy

 

[indycycling]

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Hey that's my fork!
You don't cut it down from the top & rethread at all. You cut the lower part out and reweld the top part back on. Done it many times gooseneck then fits as it should & was going to do it to this fork except I had no need for the fork so just sold it. Matches your frame to a T great score for you

I still have the OPAL matching guard wiped clean & the 64 girls frame that fork came off of if anybody's interested PM me
Tommy

Not everyone has a hot wrench, so there are a couple ways to do this