Sorry, no shipping. Local pick up in San Jose Calif only. Last week Reggie Jackson and I met for lunch and I was able to convince him to sell me another one of his nice Krate Bikes, along with a few other Stingrays. Reggie has said that the real nice bikes in his collection, especially the Krate bikes do really well at Barrett Jackson and Meecum Auctions along with his muscle cars of course and he was going to keep some himself and sell some others at auction later this year. We went through his bikes and talked about which ones he was going to keep, and which would be best for auctions perhaps later this summer. This Manta Ray is a nice bike but was one of the rougher bikes in his collection that he said would probably not be a good auction bike, which made sense to me. So I purchased this bike from him along with a few others.
The serial # is a GH, so a July 1972 bike. This bike looks to have been a yellow disc brake Manta Ray that someone decided to try to paint/make into a Silver Mist Manta. They did make that color Manta Ray bike, but for one year only 1971 like the Grey Ghost which is the same color. The disc brake is correct for a 1972 bike as this one is, but not the current color as this is a 1972 bike. Paint job is fair at best, wheels are stamped and show well, good fenders, chrome is good, seat pan bottom has been painted black but seems very solid and is actually quite comfortable. Bike rides, stops, and shifts well. Really a nice riding bike that shows well except for the paint and paint job. Reggie said he has ridden that bike around town on several occasions. I think this bike would be nice to paint whatever color you like, recover the seat, put on some decals and off you go. The rear tire is not a slik, not the correct pedals, but almost all original parts.
The serial # is a GH, so a July 1972 bike. This bike looks to have been a yellow disc brake Manta Ray that someone decided to try to paint/make into a Silver Mist Manta. They did make that color Manta Ray bike, but for one year only 1971 like the Grey Ghost which is the same color. The disc brake is correct for a 1972 bike as this one is, but not the current color as this is a 1972 bike. Paint job is fair at best, wheels are stamped and show well, good fenders, chrome is good, seat pan bottom has been painted black but seems very solid and is actually quite comfortable. Bike rides, stops, and shifts well. Really a nice riding bike that shows well except for the paint and paint job. Reggie said he has ridden that bike around town on several occasions. I think this bike would be nice to paint whatever color you like, recover the seat, put on some decals and off you go. The rear tire is not a slik, not the correct pedals, but almost all original parts.
