{"id":13,"date":"2014-12-18T17:43:00","date_gmt":"2014-12-18T17:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skooldays.com\/blog\/evel-knievel-chopper\/"},"modified":"2015-01-28T17:52:10","modified_gmt":"2015-01-28T17:52:10","slug":"evel-knievel-chopper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/evel-knievel-chopper\/","title":{"rendered":"Evel Knievel Chopper"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"e526d1e761560160a119e3b74cb2a974\" data-index=\"4\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- skool-response -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1609637348681190\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3558122710\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>1976 Ideal Evel Knievel Chopper Motorcycle.This amazing toy from Ideal took the stuntman to a new level. The basic Evel Knievel Motorcycle and figure came out in 1976, it was quickly followed with the Scramble Van, Chopper, Dragster, Stunt Car and SkyCycle. There was also different outfits and accessories sold too.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1645\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Evel-Knievel-Chopper.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1645\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1645\" title=\"Evel-Knievel-Chopper\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Evel-Knievel-Chopper.jpg\" alt=\"Evel Knievel Chopper\" width=\"500\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Evel-Knievel-Chopper.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Evel-Knievel-Chopper-160x127.jpg 160w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Evel-Knievel-Chopper-300x238.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Evel-Knievel-Chopper-377x300.jpg 377w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1645\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1976 Evel Knievel Toy Chopper from Ideal<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Evel Knievel was a seventies superhero of the era. It seemed like there was no stunt that this daredevil wasn\u2019t ready to take on as he piloted an array of cycles, cars and rockets over huge piles of vehicles, the fountains at Caesar\u2019s Palace, and even the Grand Canyon itself. No matter how many bones he broke in the process, this warrior in an American Flag suit always got back on his feet to face the next stunt challenge. In the process, he inspired millions of people and became a world-famous celebrity. Boys loved him for his spectacular failures as much as his triumphs and often nodded to each other in satisfaction as they mutually fetished the rumor that Evel had, at one time or another, broken every bone in his body. <\/p><div class=\"e526d1e761560160a119e3b74cb2a974\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:5px 0 5px 0; text-align:center;\">\nskool\r\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1609637348681190\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3558122710\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><object width=\"420\" height=\"345\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/an8eejlhadk?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed width=\"420\" height=\"345\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/an8eejlhadk?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Now unless your parents were dirt rich and dripping in gold, you were lucky to get one of these toys in a liftime, tet alone a Dragster, skycycle and chopper. also the advert must of had several cuts as there was no way the Evel Knievel Choper could keep upright for that long &#8211; it was scientifically impossible.<\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/evel-knievel-chopper\/\"><img width=\"125\" height=\"99\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Evel-Knievel-Chopper-160x127.jpg\" class=\"alignright tfe wp-post-image\" alt=\"Evel Knievel Chopper\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Evel-Knievel-Chopper-160x127.jpg 160w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Evel-Knievel-Chopper-300x238.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Evel-Knievel-Chopper-377x300.jpg 377w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Evel-Knievel-Chopper.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/><\/a><p>1976 Ideal Evel Knievel Chopper Motorcycle.This amazing toy from Ideal took the stuntman to a new level. The basic Evel Knievel Motorcycle and figure came out in 1976, it was quickly followed with the Scramble Van, Chopper, Dragster, Stunt Car &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/evel-knievel-chopper\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1645,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[53],"class_list":["post-13","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-toys","tag-53"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Evel Knievel Chopper<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If ever their was a toy i always wanted but never owned...this was the one - Evel Knievel Chopper\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/evel-knievel-chopper\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Skooldays\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/evel-knievel-chopper\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/evel-knievel-chopper\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Skooldays\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/7737d0880c9ea762e2b2c2475c12a0ca\"},\"headline\":\"Evel Knievel Chopper\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-12-18T17:43:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-01-28T17:52:10+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/evel-knievel-chopper\/\"},\"wordCount\":259,\"commentCount\":2,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/evel-knievel-chopper\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Evel-Knievel-Chopper.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"1970\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Toys\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/evel-knievel-chopper\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/evel-knievel-chopper\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/evel-knievel-chopper\/\",\"name\":\"Evel Knievel Chopper\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/evel-knievel-chopper\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/evel-knievel-chopper\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Evel-Knievel-Chopper.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-12-18T17:43:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-01-28T17:52:10+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/7737d0880c9ea762e2b2c2475c12a0ca\"},\"description\":\"If ever their was a toy i always wanted but never owned...this was the one - Evel Knievel Chopper\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/evel-knievel-chopper\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/evel-knievel-chopper\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/evel-knievel-chopper\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Evel-Knievel-Chopper.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Evel-Knievel-Chopper.jpg\",\"width\":\"500\",\"height\":\"397\",\"caption\":\"1976 Evel Knievel Toy Chopper from Ideal\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/evel-knievel-chopper\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Evel Knievel Chopper\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Skooldays\",\"description\":\"Nostalgic &amp; 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