What should I do with these?
I was thinking of trying to find someone with 6.1s that doesn't like um and trade up but kids definitely don't want sub 139s of any condition.
Second choice was to hang on to them for another decade see if the baby bloards come back a lil more tryto sell.
3rd would be set up a freestyle board or get a super wide wheel and make a lil pool smasher.
4th put um on a bloard and give them to a Grom at Lynch who's just starting out and has like a plastic crap bloard.
What do pals think?
You have there what appear to be some Stage 8 126 or at most 136 trucks.
STAGE 8 - 1998
6 HOLES mounting base plate with cross logo added.
Introduced the 126mm truck (Duralites)
Reduced material on hanger wing to lighten up truck. Introduced new baseplate / kingpin design rendering inverted kingpin use impossible.
Stage VIII - original release date 9/98
126 (new size)
136
146
156
166
stage I 101's and stage IV 215's still available
As to what to do with them, they might be better sold to a collector more so than set up on a board, given the current state of them, being almost new unused, so someone with a period correct 7.5 or so deck might like to add them to their collection, but as to how much or whatever, that is up to you to figure out, or more so up to how much someone would be willing to buy them for.
They would quite often be worth more than a set of any current stock trucks (including Venture 6.1s) but someone might be in a position to trade you a few things for them too.
Realistically, they don't ride all that well, compared to modern trucks, have zero kingpin clearance and even set up on a cruiser with mini cubic wheels or something that would make them fit better on a normal sized board, as I have done, they were just the sort of truck that would be best for someone to put on a display board, more so than set up and ride, but that is all personal opinion too.
At least now you know what you have there.