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Ace789nj
Citizen
Username: Ace789nj
Post Number: 268
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Monday, February 20, 2006 - 10:52 pm: | 
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I'm trying to find an old bike from the early 80's. It was called "sweet Thunder" and was made by Huffy. It was a pink girl's bike with a big poofy seat, not banana, the padding was thick. It had a front plate with the name on it and a number.
My wife remembers getting it for her 8th birthday, she says it was one of her best childhood memories. About 3 years ago, while cleaning out my in-law's garage I threw it out it was at the curb for a few hours before being scooped up, that's of course when she told me "make sure you don't throw out my old bike, I wanna save it" |
Just The Aunt
Supporter
Username: Auntof13
Post Number: 4067
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Monday, February 20, 2006 - 11:38 pm: |
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http://www.talkaboutcollecting.com/group/alt.collecting.bicycles/messages/3004.h tml
Not sure how old this link is...
If anything, maybe they can point you in the right direction. |
C Bataille
Citizen
Username: Nakaille
Post Number: 2459
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 21, 2006 - 8:53 am: |
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You can post to Craig's List or FreecycleNJ. |
Ace789nj
Citizen
Username: Ace789nj
Post Number: 270
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 21, 2006 - 9:15 am: |
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JTA - Thanks for the link, I checked but they no longer have it.
C Bat - I'll get working on that right now |
Crazy_quilter
Citizen
Username: Crazy_quilter
Post Number: 199
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 21, 2006 - 6:39 pm: |
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this is a completed auction on eBay, but it might be a nice idea if you can't find the bike
http://cgi.ebay.com/1983-Huffy-Bicycle-Ad-1st-Bikes-Sweet-Thunder_W0QQitemZ71981 61636QQcategoryZ1527QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
(it's an old ad for the bike). you can add it to your favorite searches list and be notified when someone puts one on eBay. |
Grrrrrrrrrrr
Citizen
Username: Oldsctls67
Post Number: 288
Registered: 11-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 21, 2006 - 8:39 pm: |
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don't the po-po sell off found/recovered/confiscated bikes every year? |
Tom Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 12597
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 12:52 am: |
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Yes, the Maplewood Police bike auction is in June, but sometimes they skip a year. Call the police to find out the scheduled date of the auction. And watch out for me. I buy bikes there as a hobby, though I won't be buying the pink Huffy.
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extuscan
Citizen
Username: Extuscan
Post Number: 613
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 8:00 am: |
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I don't claim to know jack about women, but isn't this a recipe for "you just don't understand" and "what if I got a replacement for you"
-John |
Ace789nj
Citizen
Username: Ace789nj
Post Number: 275
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 8:32 am: |
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Well I DO know about women..........they're like a one person SWAT team, just do what they say and nobody gets hurt, besides if I don't find another one it'll be about 6 months before I get some of my own "Sweet Thunder" 
Seriously though, I feel bad plus I'm the same way when it comes this nostalgic type sutff |
Crazy_quilter
Citizen
Username: Crazy_quilter
Post Number: 201
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 10:59 am: |
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no need to get all huffy! |
Ace789nj
Citizen
Username: Ace789nj
Post Number: 277
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 12:27 pm: |
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I gotta use that on her |
LilLB
Citizen
Username: Lillb
Post Number: 1319
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 12:52 pm: |
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Looks like there's someone on this forum who found a bike of this type through this:
http://www.schwinnbike.com/heritage/search.php?s=deb50f9052ceaa95e85ca7ebb963cbf a&searchid=222073
Some more links that might be useful in finding it
http://oldroads.com/links.html
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Ace789nj
Citizen
Username: Ace789nj
Post Number: 279
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, February 23, 2006 - 12:59 am: |
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Thanks, I checked those links through google a while back. I'm waiting to hear back from one of the guys in the bike forums but so far nothing |
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