Bike from the Dead
I live for the CABE
I picked up these 2 bikes as part of a package deal last month, and I'd like to figure out what they might be worth, as I'm planning on taking at least the Schwinn Stingray to Haysville later this month.
The first bike is this... I want to say it's a Columbia, but I'm not 100% sure. The wheels are a little bit out of true, but I'm sure they can be straightened out! In all seriousness though, I have never seen wheels turned into a pair of Pringles chips like that before! Surprisingly, despite how absolutely mangled the wheels are, the frame itself looks to be nice and straight. Even the fork looks salvageable. I don't know that sort of bike it was sold as, or what year, as the headbadge has no image other than the name "Goldie" scratched into it, and the serial number on the dropout is hard to read. I don't expect this bike to be worth all that much, but I think it could still make a nice rat rod muscle bike or at least a cool wall hanger or garden bike as it is. I might keep it and build it up if it doesn't have any real resale or trade value, but I'm really not attached to it.
The next bike I'd like to know the value of is this 1968 Schwinn Stingray that someone converted to a BMX bike back in the day. It was originally a factory green bike that someone painted black. Whoever turned it into a BMX bike clearly rode it like one, as the forks are absolutely smashed from either a hard landing or from running into something at high speed. I'm not really a BMX or Stingray kind of guy, so I'd like to sell or trade this bike. The only piece I want to keep from this bike is the handlebar stem, as that might come in handy for another project later. That said, if that part really impacts the value of this bike, then I may just leave the bike as-is. So, what would this bike realistically be worth, with or without the handlebar stem?
The first bike is this... I want to say it's a Columbia, but I'm not 100% sure. The wheels are a little bit out of true, but I'm sure they can be straightened out! In all seriousness though, I have never seen wheels turned into a pair of Pringles chips like that before! Surprisingly, despite how absolutely mangled the wheels are, the frame itself looks to be nice and straight. Even the fork looks salvageable. I don't know that sort of bike it was sold as, or what year, as the headbadge has no image other than the name "Goldie" scratched into it, and the serial number on the dropout is hard to read. I don't expect this bike to be worth all that much, but I think it could still make a nice rat rod muscle bike or at least a cool wall hanger or garden bike as it is. I might keep it and build it up if it doesn't have any real resale or trade value, but I'm really not attached to it.
The next bike I'd like to know the value of is this 1968 Schwinn Stingray that someone converted to a BMX bike back in the day. It was originally a factory green bike that someone painted black. Whoever turned it into a BMX bike clearly rode it like one, as the forks are absolutely smashed from either a hard landing or from running into something at high speed. I'm not really a BMX or Stingray kind of guy, so I'd like to sell or trade this bike. The only piece I want to keep from this bike is the handlebar stem, as that might come in handy for another project later. That said, if that part really impacts the value of this bike, then I may just leave the bike as-is. So, what would this bike realistically be worth, with or without the handlebar stem?
