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Post by krazydiamond on Jul 25, 2007 17:56:59 GMT -5
gonna make this into a poster for him for Xmas:  couldn't find a photo of the Indian, but i thought this was pretty cool. KD |
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Post by sandsman1 on Jul 25, 2007 18:27:13 GMT -5
i gotta look i got a pic of my dad on an indian i think it might be a harley but i think he said that one was an indian -- cool pic kd
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Post by Bikerrandy on Jul 25, 2007 18:30:19 GMT -5
Great pic!! I'm guessing that's around 1949-1950 because of the old Chevy (hard to tell though without seeing the grill) I'll have to see if I can get my dad to dig up a few pics.
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Post by krazydiamond on Jul 25, 2007 18:32:06 GMT -5
knew you'd like it, darlin'! early 50's yes.
KD
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Slydog
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Post by Slydog on Jul 25, 2007 18:38:43 GMT -5
Holy cow!!! What a great photo--your dad is going to like this present!!!
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earthdog
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Post by earthdog on Jul 25, 2007 22:14:27 GMT -5
That is so cool. I'd love to ride one of those.
You're dad must of been doing real good back then to have 3 Harleys and an Indian.
I wonder what the price of one new was back then, like $1500 maybe?
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Post by takilasunrise on Jul 26, 2007 14:10:56 GMT -5
Maybe his riding buddies were over visiting, Earthdog........................................anyway, it is a cool picture! Periodically, you'll see a vintage bike around these days, but it's even cooler to see them "new" in old photos like that. Thanks for sharing!
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Post by earthdog on Jul 26, 2007 16:25:52 GMT -5
Takila, I guess you didn't read the header, "my dad's hogs"
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Post by krazydiamond on Jul 26, 2007 16:39:21 GMT -5
actually, Takila is right, apparently the third bike in the back was his buddy's. the one in the middle was his "old" bike and the first one was the "new" bike. (clarification from my mom today.)
when my dad was serving in Korea (paratrooper with 50 jumps), he sent all of his pay home to his mother. she saved it all for him. he's always been a "wheeler-dealer" and been both broke and in tall cotton several times over the years. he's quite the character, if i do say so myself.
KD
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Post by earthdog on Jul 26, 2007 16:52:52 GMT -5
I wish you would have PM'ed me that response. If Takila sees that, she will be saying,
"I told ya so" for a week.
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Post by Condor on Jul 26, 2007 17:53:33 GMT -5
What a heck of a present for your dad. So many times we give our folks "stuff," and they already have most of it. This is something he definately like.
Condor
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Post by brimstone on Jul 28, 2007 2:21:37 GMT -5
Those are HOT, not as HOT HOT HOT as the Hells Angels but HOT nonetheless
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Post by connrock on Jul 28, 2007 5:47:37 GMT -5
KD those are some great Hog's!!
Long before the Rice Rocket Invasion!!
connrock
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Post by connrock on Jul 28, 2007 5:50:38 GMT -5
Randy, I'm not sure about the "Chevy" but I think the car on the left is either a 49 or 50 Merc because of the tail lights,bumper and trunk insignia???  connrock |
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Post by Bikerrandy on Jul 28, 2007 7:38:53 GMT -5
Good eye bud, yep- The one on the left is a 49-50 Merc. The notice the Chevy right away because I had a 47 Chevy. The Chevy sedans all looked about the same from 1942-1950.
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Post by connrock on Jul 29, 2007 6:17:44 GMT -5
Randy, Back in those days it was easy to ID a car because the makers only had a few models to choose from. Today it's a different story altogether with each line of auto's having several models,not to mention all of the foreign cars on our roads today. You don't see todays cars being customized nearly as much as in the past either and I think that's sad.We used to hang aroung the local gas stations just to watch the "guys" customizing cars and "hopping up" engines in hopes that one of them would ask us to hand them a wrench!!! That was a start in getting your foot in the door!!! "Oh I'll get that for you " or" I'll clean that up" were good bets for getting to know the guys and learn from them. Unfortunately today this is not done and if you see a kid at a gas station he's either there to buy it or filling his new Toyota up with gas!! I can remember watching an old beat up piece of crap that was all rusted and had to be pushed into the garage being transformed into a candy apple red "Deuce" with more chrome on and in it then all the auto makers combined use today!! Interior of red rolled and pleated leather and of course red fuzzy dice hanging from the rear view mirror!! I was only about 12 or 13 then and couldn't wait to get to that garage and watch that kid and his old man building that Deuce!! It looked very much like this photo I took off the web,,,,,,,,,,  connrock |
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Post by blarneystone on Jul 29, 2007 7:55:12 GMT -5
Now that's hotter than a 2 dollar pistol!
"OOHBABIE" is right!
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Post by Bikerrandy on Jul 29, 2007 8:18:08 GMT -5
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Post by connrock on Jul 30, 2007 18:04:09 GMT -5
No I never saw your site before!! Some nice work there Salt! I'm glad to see that "rods" haven't died off forever! I'll trade ya some tumblin rough if ya fix me up a nice 49 merc!! ;D This was my "ride" with Uncle Sam in the 60's.  We were making an approach to refuel. connrock |
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