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    Default Thingies.....

    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.
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    Default Re: Thingies.....

    coopers.

    tracker made them. google that.

    check out wikipedias entry on skateboards... they have info on all that old school stuff
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    copers (tracker)
    grindmasters (indy)
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    Default Re: Thingies.....

    Where can I get em? How exactly do they work?
    posted by pyroshtface: Two days later you usually take a big, healthy, hearty, sh*t.

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    Default Re: Thingies.....

    they pop up on ebay quite alot.
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    Default Re: Thingies.....

    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
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    I like it when you can see the bottom of the thingies.......
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    http://oldschoolskates.com/Bird_photos.aspx
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    How exactly do they work?

    And how will it look dorky using them?
    posted by pyroshtface: Two days later you usually take a big, healthy, hearty, sh*t.

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    Default Re: Thingies.....

    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by EBasil
    Easy, cheap and just like a Val would do it.

    BEAT IT YOU VAL JERK!!!!

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    Default Re: Thingies.....

    I need those fort my santa cruz!
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