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For Fun - Thrift Store Find

Postby Desert_Demon on Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:42 pm

Hola peoples,

I thought some of you might like to see this .. maybe it might inspire some of you.

I found a 20" bike at the thrift store when I was looking for bike parts. It is called a space star by Woolco.. distributed by Woolworth's. Got it for $3.00 so.. it will be a project for a later date.

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Re: For Fun - Thrift Store Find

Postby BrigmasterA on Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:43 pm

Sweet space invader graphics!
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Re: For Fun - Thrift Store Find

Postby schwinnmesa on Wed Jan 28, 2009 4:09 pm

I love the arcade style of that bike. It represents the culture during that time. :D
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Postby maddogrider on Wed Jan 28, 2009 4:14 pm

Cool, that bike makes me wanna do some jumpin.
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Postby Gold Street Customs on Wed Jan 28, 2009 4:39 pm

That is a nice piece of eighties history,(cant believe I'm calling the eighties historic ) but it is what it is.
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Re: For Fun - Thrift Store Find

Postby maddogrider on Wed Jan 28, 2009 4:43 pm

Gold Street Customs wrote:That is a nice piece of eighties history,(cant believe I'm calling the eighties historic ) but it is what it is.

Its good to be old. Sometimes, like eating cookies or ice cream any time i want. HEHEHE
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Re: For Fun - Thrift Store Find

Postby socal_jack on Thu Jan 29, 2009 12:24 pm

Woolworth's, that brings back memories we had one of those on Main St when I was growing up, back in the age before malls. Cool bike.
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Postby ifitsfreeitsforme on Thu Jan 29, 2009 2:23 pm

^^ the one on Main Street in Middletown right? I remember it. It was still there in the early 80s when I moved to the area.
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Postby Upper Class White Trash on Thu Jan 29, 2009 2:33 pm

That's cool. Makes me wanna go find a stand up space invaders game and toss some change in it.

The ol'lady and I were just talking about woolworths the other day.

Got fond memories of the soda stand they had in the one my grandma took me to as a kid.

Cool piece of history and your lbs deserves a sixer or a fat steak for that one
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Postby aka_locojoe on Thu Jan 29, 2009 4:13 pm

Cool find. Looks a lot like this one only this is called Space Invader.
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Postby socal_jack on Mon Feb 02, 2009 11:50 pm

ifitsfreeitsforme wrote:^^ the one on Main Street in Middletown right? I remember it. It was still there in the early 80s when I moved to the area.


Yeah, that was the one, amazed it made it into the 80s, I was out in Cali by then
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Re: For Fun - Thrift Store Find

Postby wickeddefender on Sun Jun 26, 2011 10:11 am

i have one of thez bikes i found it in my friends back lawn. i love riding it around its fun to ride il post a pic of it. i redid the hole bike. but its still all stock parts besides tires n rims the old rims incaved.
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Re: For Fun - Thrift Store Find

Postby wickeddefender on Sun Jun 26, 2011 5:03 pm

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid= ... =1&theater it has two of my bikes in this pic the woolco n a old bike that i have no clue what it is
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