BTW, I had a Schwinn Sting Ray (green) A few years later, managed to swing an Orange Krate out of the old man and then I was da' man!
I'm gonna have to get back to you on all the memories like rushing home after school to grab a twinkie and off to one of the other houses on the block to catch Batman. Or, getting out of the house every summer morning to build stuff (rafts, treehouses) and explore all day, not returning home 'til we heard the dinner bell. Camping with my pals in the woods behind the house. Building Matchbox towns in the dirt pit out back, heck, I still have a few of my old HotWheels and Matchbox cars on display right now in my football-watching room.
I could go on, and probably will, but I gotta run. GREAT THREAD!