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Beat me to it. For me, the clues were McQueen's pants, look like part of a race suit, and shoes, also look like racing shoes, and the building in background with Esso signs, doesn't look like a common fuel station. I thought the bike might be a Raleigh 20, but Peugeot makes a lot more sense, being in France.

thumpism

12-11-24 11:53 PM

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Originally Posted by juvela (Post 23412420)

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there was an extensive discussion anent this image over at thecabe a couple year back

it was eventually determined that bike shop shown is located in Las Vegas, Nevada

here is a family snap from 1965 showing the boys on their Schwinn Sting Ray Super Deluxe bicycles

https://thecabe.com/forum/attachment...-jpeg.1731939/

the shop in the image was begun by Jack Willows who had been a Schwinn stockist since 1934

there was a photo of it on the back page of the Schwinn dealer magazine of August 1959

Tommy passed last year at age eighty-six

https://thecabe.com/forum/threads/tom-smothers.235506/

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One of those Schwinn Sting Rays looks deluxer than the other.

cranky old road

12-12-24 06:01 AM

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Originally Posted by thumpism (Post 23413017)

One of those Schwinn Sting Rays looks deluxer than the other.

Well, Mom always liked him best.

Rocket-Sauce

12-13-24 05:11 PM

Smothers brothers
https://www.offthepress.com/wp-conte..._tricycles.jpg

bulgie

12-13-24 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Rocket-Sauce (Post 23414143)

Smothers brothers

Adorbs!

Although off-topic, it's good to remember that they were forced off the air despite high ratings and Emmy awards, because of their satires of President Nixon and their stances against the Vietnam war. And even when they were on, a lot of their best stuff was cut out by network censors.

They were widely adored then, and would have been even more famous if their own network hadn't been trying to shut them up.

I was too young to get a lot of the adult humor and political satire, but I loved them anyway.

jolly_codger

12-13-24 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by xiaoman1 (Post 23412770)

And the Wright Bros.

The gentleman on the left is actually Henry Ford. This was taken in front of the Wright Bros. shop after Mr. Ford moved the building to his museum (Greenfield Village, in Dearborn, MI [my hometown and stomping grounds for 40-some years]). The Wright family's home from Dayton, OH was also moved by Mr. Ford. Wilbur Wright died in 1912, long before this photo was taken. If anyone is interested in the Wrights, the book The Bishop's Boys is an excellent account of their lives.

chain_whipped

12-13-24 08:36 PM

There's quite a few archival pics available of a young Henry Ford and bike. Them darned youngsters as 'scorcher's racing around town..hehe. The Duesenberg brothers were more serious racers. The Dodge brothers too, having improved or some patent I believe of the bicycle bottom bracket bearing setup.

chain_whipped

12-13-24 08:43 PM

Great bike pics of Dick and Tommy Smothers, true gearheads. Race cars etc.. Rotten what the big networks did. Those witty fellows were on top and beloved in most households TV night.

Pompiere

12-13-24 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by jolly_codger (Post 23414220)

One of the things I found fascinating about Greenfield Village was that Henry Ford often had the original owners present to oversee the installation when he brought their labs and workshops to the museum.

2cam16

12-15-24 02:35 PM

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...da235d9b3d.jpg
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...7e24bf693b.jpg
I didn't know he was an avid cyclist until I watched this video:

Happy 40th, "Last Christmas" and RIP George.

SurferRosa

12-16-24 01:23 AM

Maggie Smith was really in her prime playing Miss Jean Brodie (1969). Great movie.

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...296fe27172.jpg

Lovely Bicycle got a kick out of her standing dismount:
https://lovelybike.blogspot.com/2009/11/miss-brodie-in-her-prime.html

Caliwild

12-17-24 12:33 PM

I guess Pee-Wee's bike sold for $140K earlier this year... Hadn't realized it was a Schwinn.

https://mbaction.com/wp-content/uplo...045Pyxurz1.jpg
https://www.antiquetrader.com/.image...e-bike_web.jpg

SurferRosa

12-17-24 03:38 PM

I wonder how the paint held up after locking it up like that every time he shopped at Mario's Magic Shop.

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...3130b2abf8.jpg

Obviously, he should've just brought it into the shop with him. Or at least left it at Chuck's Bike-O-Rama when Dottie was working. :D

bulgie

12-17-24 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Caliwild (Post 23416403)

I guess Pee-Wee's bike sold for $140K earlier this year... Hadn't realized it was a Schwinn.

Well I guess someone got ripped off, since that's obviously not the same bike as was used in the film. Just a clumsy attempt at copying it, missing several details.

Like all the Merckx hour-record bikes all over the planet, each one the "real" one.

Caliwild

12-17-24 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by SurferRosa (Post 23416535)

Ha! I always thought he could have left it at Chuck's too! Dottie was a cutie for sure...

Duragrouch

12-18-24 01:46 AM

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Originally Posted by bulgie (Post 23416557)

If the white background pic above is from the sales catalog, you're right, there's myriad stuff different from the movie still if one looks close.

HelpSingularity

12-18-24 08:54 AM