1979 schwinn Mantaray clone •Finished•

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I want a fastback but they are a little small. I'd love a Manta Ray but I'm kinda cheap :) so I picked up a cheap 24" Collegiate. I saw one built up like this one eBay. So yeah I'm a cheap rip off artist. My plan is to use as many schwinn parts as I can. The bars are off of a 75 fastback.

Here it is when I brought it home in the rain
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A little soap and water made it shine
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This is the bike I saw on eBay
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Mocking it up today
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Cool bikes!!!!
I was just thinking that I have a 3 speed camelback laying in the garage for one year or so. I don't even remember the color. But I have THE GREEN SEAT and some bars leftovers. I should try one.
 
a buddy did a complete overhaul on this one. It's my favorite bike
 

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What bars did you use on yours @CRASH ? They look to be a bit wider at the top, and have more of an angle from stem area to grips, vs the more straight up.


Edit: Did a quick search.. possibly the wald 880's?
 
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What bars did you use on yours @CRASH ? They look to be a bit wider at the top, and have more of an angle from stem area to grips, vs the more straight up.


Edit: Did a quick search.. possibly the wald 880's?
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They were Schwinn, not Wald, but I don't know specifically from what. I bought them in a package deal.
 
the bars were wald #880 on fastbacks or #8069 on reg rays. i was told this by a retired schwinn dealer. the 880 bars were small the 8069 bars were larger. they were sent to schwinn unmarked and schwinn stamped at the factory. go to niagara cycle.com and you can read the dimensions.
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Just found this on another site. Apparently, all the Schwinn 'apes' were different pre '70, then the went to the parallel style.

I noticed @ParkRNDL had a wanted up for some. I like the 'V' vs the 'U' style too. Figured this info might help
 
Hey thanks! I've looked at 880 and 8069... the 880s are too small. The 8069s are the right size but not crazy about the shape... but that's what I might end up with.
 

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