Thingies.....

**Pyroshtface** · 06-20-2006 08:48 PM

Hey what were those thingies called that used to be put on trucks to grind up onto a curb in the 70's? Where would I be able to get them?
I'm sure silversurfer could probably answer this one.

**zaphod911** · 06-20-2006 09:05 PM

coopers.

tracker made them. google that.

check out wikipedias entry on skateboards... they have info on all that old school stuff

**Mile_High_Mark** · 06-20-2006 09:08 PM

copers (tracker)
grindmasters (indy)

**Pyroshtface** · 06-20-2006 09:31 PM

Where can I get em? How exactly do they work?

**rivers** · 06-21-2006 03:28 AM

they pop up on ebay quite alot.

**Momona Boe** · 06-21-2006 05:42 AM

actually, I think he's talking about "lappers" or "Birds"

That's the little ramp thingy that goes from the deck to the axle and covers the kingpin

I've seen them around, check with any of the companies that carry old school stuff

**Sensei** · 06-21-2006 07:23 AM

I like it when you can see the bottom of the thingies.......

**Gimp Skool** · 06-21-2006 07:24 AM

http://oldschoolskates.com/Bird_photos.aspx
Always willing to help someone look like a dork.

**Pyroshtface** · 06-21-2006 09:47 AM

How exactly do they work?

And how will it look dorky using them?

**EBasil** · 06-21-2006 09:54 AM

The rich kids and the magazine skaters had the "copers" made by Tracker, which were a San Diego marketing of a San Fernando Valley invention.

Go "old school": find a hunk of 3/4" PVC sprinkler pipe. Hacksaw a piece the width of your hanger, then the appropriate cuts to make it fit the hanger. Easy, cheap and just like a Val would do it.