Originally Posted by
wrk101
Better off going to the CABE forum, or ratrods. Not much Stingray stuff on here.
Several years old in 1966? Then its not a Stingray, its a cruiser bike that was modified. Stingrays started coming out in 1964+/-. When they came out, lots of people modified their existing bikes to make them look like Stingrays.
I think also it was Stingray sized, not a Stingray. The Stingray was created from essentially existing stuff, just put together in a strategic way. Buying a seat, brace and butterfly bars would have been the cheap route to one that would be acceptably close.
Way way back a local kid had what I called an ancient Schwinn frame in the "Stingray" size, while the finish was going I really liked the style, the Dad had no interest in selling it, even though that it was just tossed in the back yard with other bike debris. 1966 for a used Stingray would be pretty uncommon in any event.