https://www.ebay.com/itm/1950-s-Vinta...#ht_500wt_1328

Cool and I'm glad it's only 23"...temptation narrowly averted!

Nice but that's a lot of "surface rust" for $1000.

Ya, usually you can get more with Schwinn Balloners but the quality of the rust is not as good

i suppose its better to see a bike in that kind of condition than a garage queen.

but damn, thats in a pretty poor state for $1,000

If he pays me a $1,000 removal fee, I'll gladly come by and clear his garage of the eyesore.

-Kurt

The ad was interesting- I recall the name of Jackie Simes, who was around I think when I started in 1971- Also used to race at Nutley each year for a time- Memorial Day weekend- Allentown on saturday, Nutley and then Sommerville on Monday. Out of all the races- wish I could have won Somerville- it was my favorite- I'm a ham, and THAT's a crowd- about 15,000 they used to say in the '70's- Is she still there?

I got a fourth or fifth at Allentown one year- the hilly course was better for me than the 50 mile flat Sommerville- where sprinter Roger Young won a handful of times, and it was usually a massive field sprint. 100K Nutley used to break up a bit- I had trouble just hanging in the field mostly- watched Allen Kingsbury take TWO or Three laps out of it about 1978- the first with a smaller break he then soloed away from to lap again- most amazing performance I ever personally witnessed


Was wondering if the frame was ever handled by multi-sprint titled Jack Disney- but unlikely- he was a west coaster

What do you mean $1000? It went for $1400. I think I'll sell mine if that one sold so high.

For a so called rare bike, a lot sure turn up!

He'd turn up at some of our Central Coast rides in the 70s...