can anyone help me identify this vintage bike?

[Fritz Katzenjammer]

Cool bike and I can appreciate the rarity of the piece, but I spent much of the last decade as a process engineer in the automotive industry and the amount of excess metal in that thing is truly appalling. Its like they tried to use up as much tube as possible... trying to clean excess material out of the warehouse or something.

Mind you, the residual 13 year old in me ( all men keep some of their inner thirteen year old on board ) sees a super cool ride that would impress the hell out of all the other 13 year old males on the street, driving them mad with envy. What girls thought at that point wasn’t important... yet.

 

[mrg]

lol is it worth anything? seems pretty beat up

Great find, really interesting how some see things so differently, first thing I thought Wow, how original & complete it is and how nice it would clean up!, "beat up" didn't even enter my mind, really hope the gets a proper detail and not a "restore", good luck!

 

[cyclingday]

Am I the only one that thinks that thing looks hideous?
Exactly the reason why I grew up a Schwinn guy.
Lol!

 

[kostnerave]

This bike is awesome! I had the privilege of owning the Murray Eliminator version in both a 20+16 three speed model, in candy gold, and a super rare 20+20 3 speed model, in candy orange. They were both new old stock. Viktor Schreckengost was a designer and visionary who was working for Murray corporation when he designed this bike.

 

[mrg]

Am I the only one that thinks that thing looks hideous?
Exactly the reason why I grew up a Schwinn guy.
Lol!

Well, I was mainly looking at the condition/completeness of the find, if it were a real StingRay!! this would be a whole different story!, growing up in my neighborhood the only one's that didn't ride a Schwinn usually had clueless or cheap parents ( or just couldtn't afford it ), That's why I bought my own used Schwinn StingRay!

 

[Krakatoa]

THAT is a banana seat!

 

[piercer_99]

lol is it worth anything? seems pretty beat up

yes, if you are going to sell it, don't even wash it off.