Any idea what this bmx i bought is?

[whitefiretiger]

Well a friend of mine asked me to look for an old bmx for him (he was into it big in the late 70s early 80s) as a reminder of the old days. Well we grabbed bike on auction for $5 but not sure what it is.
The crank arm says team schwinn, wheels are son lite racing.

Any id help would be great thanks.

 

[DeuceWheeler]

The diamond in the gusset led me to believe it was likely a diamondback.
I searched for diamondback looptail and found this
http://bmxmuseum.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=282339
Appears to be a silverstreak

 

[macncheese]

Cool! Does it have the dual dropout forks?

 

[whitefiretiger]

Thanks i wouldn't have guessed diamondback silverstreak.

Think single dropout

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[RustyGold]

Diamond Back for sure, but not necessarily a Silver Streak. DBs were almost all looptails from the beginning (77) to the early 80s...around 83/84. There should be a serial number that you can post on BMXmuseum to figure out the exact year.

Congrats...love looptails!
Jason

 

[fouts14]

Late to this thread, but those hubs are $$$$$.

 

[nycet3]

Also late. And yes to the hubs!!

 

[whitefiretiger]

Well we sold it for $150. And hes going to try getting something more like he had in his youth. Thanks everybody

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[fouts14]

Glad everything worked out, but even at $150, you, -in the parlance of our time-"left alot of meat on that bone".

 

[whitefiretiger]

I'm sure we could have gotten more but seeing as it was a $145 profit in 2 days we were happy.

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[80sbikedude]

Yep, Silver Streak or Viper depending on the box section behind BB. Also forks are not original.