It was an amazing experience to see an out of shape guy beat the younger guys. Out of 8 my Dad was in 4th until the last turn were he gave it all he had and finished first by a few feet. The younger guys all had speed skates and laughed at my father with his Vintage Reidells. more entered a race at our local rink An 18+ class. A trip down memory lane- My father who was around 40 at the time. Our hope is that someone out there will continue to use these and enjoy the memories that my Father had created with them. It is truly a sad day putting these up for sale. Unfortunately as his son I wasn't able to fill his shoes hence the sale. 14 years later we have realized he will not be walking again and while cleaning out the basement I showed them to him. In'99 my father fell out of a tree helping a new neighbor out leaving him paralyzed from the waste down. He brought these back out in the 90's and skated with my sister and I. He skated them in the 70's and occassionally in the 80's.
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Roller Skates Reason for Sale: These are my Father's Skates Purchased in the 70's. Payment must be made within 7 days of the closing date of the auction or your bid will be considered void and a Non-paying bidder alert will be issued. Please be patient for my mailing to come to you as I do not live on my computer and have a life outside of Ebay. Winners of multiple items should wait for my mailing as I offer a discount on shipping. Some of my auctions will have the costs already set at time of auction closing so you can proceed without my mailing if you so desire. This item would be a wonderful addition to your collection! I will use EBay's check out feature and email you the final total including shipping.
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Other details of these skates can be found on the side of the box in the picture. The skates are a model 405 and come in the original box. Here is a vintage pair of Men's black quad wheel with toe stop indoor rink roller skates in a size 9.