creebobby
Finally riding a big boys bike
I was thinking about the Terra Cotta color, used on Sting-Rays from around 12-63 to 4-64.
As of 4-64 Schwinn officially dropped Terra Cotta and went to Flamboyant Red. But a lot of Sting-Rays and other Schwinns from 64 seem to have a little bit of that Terra Cotta look to them.
I've seen people say it's just how the Red faded, but later Apple Krates and other red Schwinns didn't fade to Terra Cotta.
I have another idea. Or a Terra Cotta crackpot conspiracy theory. Call it what you like:
Maybe the Schwinn paint department got rid of the remaining Terra Cotta paint stock by mixing it in with various batches of Flamboyant Red. So for a while through 64 red Schwinns might have had a little more or a little less of that Terra Cotta hue mixed in.
As of 4-64 Schwinn officially dropped Terra Cotta and went to Flamboyant Red. But a lot of Sting-Rays and other Schwinns from 64 seem to have a little bit of that Terra Cotta look to them.
I've seen people say it's just how the Red faded, but later Apple Krates and other red Schwinns didn't fade to Terra Cotta.
I have another idea. Or a Terra Cotta crackpot conspiracy theory. Call it what you like:
Maybe the Schwinn paint department got rid of the remaining Terra Cotta paint stock by mixing it in with various batches of Flamboyant Red. So for a while through 64 red Schwinns might have had a little more or a little less of that Terra Cotta hue mixed in.