1969 kids bike ,need advice.

[Jeremy K]

My brother in law gave me this bike that I've wanted for a while . I believe it's a 1969 Murray built ,rebadged sears and roebuck Screamer . The shifters and brakes are gone . Did anyone have one of these? My plan was to blow it apart ,refinish the the shiny stuff and repaint the frame and keep riding wheelies on it til I run out of room (it rides really easy wheelies) . I could also see going back to original if it's a bike that needs to be kept alive. 

[Jeremy K]

This will be my second bike project , I did one for my wife a few years back.

[growalot]

I Had that bike you refurbished for your wife...chrome and pink

[Zem18]

I'd leave it original, it'll be worth more down the road. Ask Mike Wolfe from American Pickers. 

[Pygmy]

When you said a KID's bike from 1969, I thought you had the chopper that Peter Fonda rode in " Easy Rider"....

[philoshop]

I thought that too Pygmy. Now I have the theme song stuck in my head, dammit.

[Pygmy]

Sorry about that Philo....Think about FOOTBALL !!

[Nomad]

I had a blue woman's roadmaster a bit like yours but had rear rack light horn .  Could have given u it I just junked it .

heres my current rat bike 

[philoshop]

It's okay Pygmy. I've been knocking down trees today, and The Byrds and chainsaws somehow go together.

[grampy]

4 hours ago, Jeremy K said:

My brother in law gave me this bike that I've wanted for a while . I believe it's a 1969 Murray built ,rebadged sears and roebuck Screamer . The shifters and brakes are gone . Did anyone have one of these? My plan was to blow it apart ,refinish the the shiny stuff and repaint the frame and keep riding wheelies on it til I run out of room (it rides really easy wheelies) . I could also see going back to original if it's a bike that needs to be kept alive. 

Brings back memories!  There was one kid down the road who had a bike like this. He was the envy of us all! Got to ride it a few times. It was hands down, the best wheelie bike I ever rode. 

[Pygmy]

My bike was a 24" Schwinn... I had to move the seat WAY down so I could reach the pedals...

[Jeremy K]

After doing some research today , the bike is rare but not collectible , which is good ,it will allow me to do what ever i please and not wake up to a mob of bicycle purist with torches outside my house for what i dun. I'll just end up taking it to the frame and repainting everything and replace the bearings and call it done.

[Paula]

I like the pink bike

[Steve D]

This one would go good with turkeyfeathers rabbit suit