[greyboy]

oh snap!!! theres those forks again (same ones on brock bruce loop general lee pictured above in post #15 )

[TrulyOdd]

this is a pic from one of my hardback cover BMX books. cool shot....looks like he's on a cruiser. never seen this decal style before either.

[TrulyOdd]

another cool shot from the same book.

[S.Brothers]

sick pic.

[greyboy]

the bend on the cruiser forks do not look like any REBEL forks ive seen


also, that gate pic has to be late 84/ early 85 and hes on a looptail still

[S.Brothers]

I would actually think the gate pic is a little earlier due to the BMXC guy rocking the old BW leathers. 83?

I like the Rebel's torqued out gate snap.

[greyboy]

the REBEL racer has the hardest gate snap steez in that pic

[S.Brothers]

First DY frame sets did come out in fall of 83... and wasn't Ellis riding for Flying W and Huffy in 84/85? In any case.... for sure I could be misjudging the era of the photo.


* edit, I just looked it up... Ellis was with Kuwahara until Sept. 84. Then he switched. He turned pro in Dec. 83. So whatever... excuse the off topic.

[S.Brothers]

This ad is from March 1985 Super BMX & Freestyle

[greyboy]

thats a great ad, ive never seen it, thanks for posting

[Johnny Johnson]

Cool photos of Brock Bruce

That pic of the guys racing cruiser.
Anyone know who the JMC guy is?
I have quite a few pics of me racing him in 1983.
Jim Melton wasn't sure when I showed him.

The other pic is early 83' (I think Feb) at the ABA Winter Nationals at Chandler Az.
#9 Mike Salido (Skyway)
#1 Shawn Carmody (BXC)
#A Gary Ellis (Kuwahara)
#3 Darrell Young (JMC)

Ellis was on Flying W for a short period of time in 84'
after he left Kuwahara. He was on Huffy shortly thereafter.
Flying W was owned by Walt Ehnat and his son Marty.
Ellis had been race rivals with Marty locally for years. But off
the track he was friends with the Ehnat family. Walt Ehnat was
also a major track director for ABA. They were all from
Washington State.

This post has been edited by Johnny Johnson: 24 May 2010 - 12:52 AM

[Contender]

JJ nails the second pic. I was thinking Winternats 83.

.02 A.G.

[greyboy]

i stand corrected

[TrulyOdd]

These are the first Rebel ads in early 1981 ABA Action Newspapers.

[TrulyOdd]

here's an ad from the ABA newspapers in June 1981

[JMCGT]

TrulyOdd your banner and gear is incredible..

here is my 5-85 Stick Rebel.. Redline fork..

[4130only]

That gate photo is from 1983 ABA winter Nationals in Az. for sure, similar photo of D.Y and Ellis coming around the first turn in Super BMX magazine coverage of that race.

[dlambertjr]

greyboy, on 06 May 2010 - 08:24 AM, said:

82/83 REBEL loop mini-no serial#

Regarding the mini Rebel.. I just met truly odd at the Bellflower show, and my Buddy Pat was the owner of the black Rebel 20" that won. Anyhow, about the mini...I rode for factory Rebel from 81-84 (with Brock Bruce, Buddy Driskil, Bingo Pasha, and some others)and there was no mini frame available to ride those years. I think you may have a later model or a prototype. I rode a gt with handmade one off parts and Rebel decals on it. I am currently digging through old photos etc. I will load them up soon....it's my first time to post on this forum..I will try one.

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[greyboy]

NICE PIC!! that first dude is on a BLAZER!

as for the REBEL mini....im almost positive me and truly odd have some ads from 82/83 with the mini pictured next to the rest of the frames...TRULY?!?!? HELP!!! hahaahaha

anyway, good to have you up here i own Brocks personal REBEL 20" in factory RED

find those pics!!!!

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[dlambertjr]

greyboy, on 17 November 2010 - 10:54 AM, said:

NICE PIC!! that first dude is on a BLAZER!

as for the REBEL mini....im almost positive me and truly odd have some ads from 82/83 with the mini pictured next to the rest of the frames...TRULY?!?!? HELP!!! hahaahaha

anyway, good to have you up here i own Brocks personal REBEL 20" in factory RED

find those pics!!!!

Maybe my dad was telling me there was no Rebel mini because it sucked...and he didn't want me on it. I will find out.

Brock had several race bikes over the years...he did tell me the other day about that one.

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