HOW MANY OF YOU REMEMBER THESE?

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05-22-2009, 01:40 PM
redlinemanJK

HOW MANY OF YOU REMEMBER THESE?

Hi everyone, Found these going through some old boxes from my mother-in-law's storage, no redlines though....oh well, I remember these "Blinking Turn Signals" back in the day, had a set on my huffy in the late 60s, early 70s. They are made in Honk Kong, before China, Thailand and Malaysia took over....Remember? <img src="http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/smile.gif" alt="image"><img src="http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/wink.gif" alt="image"> STILL SEALED AND NEW OPENED - TAKES 2 "C" BATTERIES. <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v129/redlineman/PICS/JACKs%20ROOM/DSC03847.jpg" alt="image"> <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v129/redlineman/PICS/JACKs%20ROOM/DSC03844.jpg" alt="image"> <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v129/redlineman/PICS/JACKs%20ROOM/DSC03848.jpg" alt="image"> Have a great Friday and weekend, Jack
05-22-2009, 01:44 PM
ndakotan

Blinking? You must be young. LOL. My set didn't, and with the double C batteries in there, and using my bike more as a mountain bike before there were suchthings, the bracket broke fairly quickly and it never made it back on my bike. I still have it though! Jeff
05-22-2009, 02:01 PM
redlinemanJK

Well, I still feel young, if 13 in late 1970 gives you a clue....lol. <img src="http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/laugh.gif" alt="image">
05-22-2009, 02:22 PM
ccandgc

whoa! My dad was still in Nam, and I wasn't even near being a twinkle in my mama's eye and a grin on my daddy's face.....for 4 more years! <img src="http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/roll.gif">
05-22-2009, 05:20 PM
Beach bomb

Oh yes I remember those! Tim
05-22-2009, 05:39 PM
BlueWag66n

<img height="15" src="http://redlinesonlinemessageboard.yuku.com/domain/bypass/images/pacman.gif" width="15" alt="image">I had one on the sissy bar of myMustang bike back when redlines first appeared. Not that exact one, but one similar. I saved up Crappy Tire money to buy one. <img height="15" src="http://redlinesonlinemessageboard.yuku.com/domain/bypass/images/pacman.gif" width="15" alt="image">I hadn't thought of those fordecades until a few days ago, then,....you make a thread about them.<img height="20" src="http://mmb.maverick.to/images/smilies/hmmm.gif" width="20" alt="image">Odd! Andy<img height="20" src="http://mmb.maverick.to/images/smilies/hmmm.gif" width="20" alt="image">
05-22-2009, 06:08 PM
aranjaloca1

I remember a friend having one of those on his Stingray, but I don't recall him ever using it (probably didn't work). But, that was the very earlyeighties, and one of the things (of dubious coolness) to do was affix a whip antenna adorned with an orange flag to the back of your bike (we would bend themount so the antenna stuck out at a 90-degree angle from the bike and catch people in the back of the legs as we rode past).
05-22-2009, 06:57 PM
1Perry

I put a set on my Renegade along with a sissy bar. <img src="http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-4/151282/amf.JPG" alt="image">
05-22-2009, 07:45 PM
BlueWag66n

<blockquote> aranjaloca1 wrote: <hr> ....and one of the things (of dubious coolness) to do was affix a whip antenna adorned with an orange flag to the back of your bike (we would bend the mount so the antenna stuck out at a 90-degree angle from the bike and catch people in the back of the legs as we rode past).</blockquote> <img src="http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/roll.gif" alt="image"> Little buggers!!!<img src="http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/laugh.gif" alt="image"> <img height="15" src="http://redlinesonlinemessageboard.yuku.com/domain/bypass/images/pacman.gif" width="15" alt="image">Another thing we used to do, and Iimagine it was done continent wide, was to clothespeg some dud hockey or baseball cards to the frame or forks so they rubbed on the spokes and made amotor-like sound. It would drive the neighbours nuts! <img height="15" src="http://redlinesonlinemessageboard.yuku.com/domain/bypass/images/pacman.gif" width="15" alt="image">
05-22-2009, 08:23 PM
mr haney

You guys are all pups! When I was a kid if you wanted lights on your bike you had to work your butt off, the old generators that spin by rubbing against yourtire were like having a passenger. This is me in 1952 on my uncles Alberts brand new Schwinn that cost $100. that was a chunk of change for a paperboy to comeup with. It had all the bells and whistles, even a speedometer. I'll bet it weighed over 50 lbs. Michael <img src="http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t195/mrhaney07/811-1.jpg" alt="image">
05-22-2009, 10:15 PM
redlinemanJK

Michael, I remember you showing that pic before, very cool. I also had a generator light set-up in the early 70s on my SchwinnVarsity, I was given in 1970 for my Bday, which I still have today. You are right about the rubbing and slowing you down a bit. <img src="http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/grin.gif" alt="image"><img src="http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/happy.gif" alt="image">Time sure fly's when your having fun.
05-23-2009, 07:01 PM
SHOerwin

Can't be that old, what with the UPC on the back of the card and all.
05-24-2009, 12:47 AM
Sleepercivic

AHHHH!! Awesome Jack....I loved those lights on my Yellow JC Penney "Swinger". I thought they were the coolest thing. I was about 5 when i had themon my bike in 1975. Very cool...If you ever let them go, I'd love a chance at them, just to have them. Thanks for sharing, Rich
05-24-2009, 04:16 PM
redlinemanJK

<blockquote> SHOerwin wrote: <hr> Can't be that old, what with the UPC on the back of the card and all. FYI.......... UPC(Uniform Product Code) was actually called "Bar Code" first. Here's a link below you may find informative. ENJOY and have a nice day..........<img src="http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/tongue.gif" alt="image"><img src="http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/happy.gif" alt="image"> <a title="BAR CODES & UPC HISTORY" target="_blank" href="http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blbar_code.htm">BAR CODES & UPC HISTORY</a> </blockquote>