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Original bike and skateboard hybrid

Wham-O Wheelie Bar

I forgot to mark where I found this, so my apologies to the person who originally scanned this, but it wasn’t this site. This is not quite as wacky as the more recent bike and skateboard hybrids, but it does appear to be the first one. It’s the Wham-O Wheelie Bar. If they made one of these now, they have to call it the “Wham-O Manual Bar!” See the full ad and watch an old TV commercial after the jump.

The Wham-O Wheelie Bar

Yep. It looks like a skateboard truck attached to a piece of bent metal. Click to (slightly) enlarge.

The Wham-O Wheelie Bar

Here’s a TV commercial for the Wham-O Wheelie Bar from the archives of… you guessed it, Scott Starr.

Posted by: kilwag on June 25th, 2008
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Categories: Back In The Day, Skate, Wacky Skateboards
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5 Responses to “Original bike and skateboard hybrid”

  1. nweyesk8 says:
    June 25, 2008 at 9:09 am

    now if we could only get ghengis-skate to ‘invent’ this idea…..

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  2. sir jorge says:
    June 25, 2008 at 10:47 am

    that’s hilarious, i can’t believe this.

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  3. conahan says:
    June 25, 2008 at 11:28 am

    Our childhood was so much cooler than yours.

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  4. Livmo says:
    June 25, 2008 at 11:36 am

    The best part was the “surfer kids” riding barefoot.
    Did you get the pics I sent yesterday?

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  5. Kilwag says:
    June 25, 2008 at 12:06 pm

    Just did, and responded, thanks.Will get those up in a day or so.

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