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Mid-South ride, eat, and meet
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.Here ya’ go Barry....a throwback to 1966.
This was December 25th, 1966, right around noon, at Overton Park, right at the lake. I was a young and restless 17 year old. That’s my 1963 Matchless G15/45.
A few months later, I found a wrecked R60/2. Had the right cylinder torn off of it in a crash. Took it apart, welded and machined the case back, and got it going. Rode it for a while, and sold it. It was pretty rough.
Picked up another much nicer one. It’s in the back shop. It will run.
Barry, you may remember this one. It’s the R60/2 mentioned in the previous post. You helped me move it when I moved back in 1996. It was in the back room of the old shop. Custom paint job, ape hanger bars, and a radio mounted on the bars. The owner, Jim “Buttercup” Butler, welded up chain links into the shape of ape hangers, had them chromed, and replaced the ape hangers in this picture with the welded chain ape hangers. Think back, you’ll probably remember that!! I took the bars off, and put in stock bars. It still has that custom paint job. I still have those fiberglass Buco saddlebags too. Eventually, I’ll restore it back to original. Not really wild about modified and custom slash 2’s!
But it's so fun!
Where else can you spend time around so many cool bikes and get "Hands On Experience", even if it is backbreaking work?
I was wondering why you didn't show up Sunday! Now I know
... Snowden, Nick, and Tom were out, and we had a great time just sitting around! No riding, as it stormed.
Thanks for all of your help.....see ya' soon!
Stop complaining Barry
Where else can you spend time around so many cool bikes and get "Hands On Experience", even if it is backbreaking work?I was wondering why you didn't show up Sunday! Now I know
... Snowden, Nick, and Tom were out, and we had a great time just sitting around! No riding, as it stormed.Thanks for all of your help.....see ya' soon!
Freight liner and Me
If U hang with Leo, U end up working. That is one big truck we cleaned.
If U hang with Leo, U end up working. That is one big truck we cleaned.
Freight liner carried some pretty nice race cars. The 32B Ford won the Race. The yellow Ol’ Yaller was one of my all time favorites. Leo built/rebuilt the car several times. Leo, I know you remember driving it on the street and being pulled over for driving a race car on the street. Wow, the 1990s.
Leo show Snowden this R80ST. Nice.
