Stare and go cross eyed a bit. no hidden images just ins and outs of pairs of eyes. LOL
Dad rode motorcycle escort duty in southern states before being shipped over seas in the early 1940's. Forget the miles but he said they changed out the motors on the Harleys once they had so many miles on them. That's probably why they had a few extras to sell.
My late father, born in '34, talked about all of the surplus stores that were around in the 50's and 60's. I know that in every photo I saw of him in that era, he was wearing surplus khaki's.Dad rode motorcycle escort duty in southern states before being shipped over seas in the early 1940's. Forget the miles but he said they changed out the motors on the Harleys once they had so many miles on them. That's probably why they had a few extras to sell.
Don't know about that story, but how about the cache of Supermarine Spitfires that were found in India, I believe, a few years back. Or the French flathead V-8 Ford truck engines, recently found that had American Hot Rodders drooling. Not to mention the Pattern 1853 Enfield rifles found in India...I hope these treasure discoveries go on forever!No pics, I'm afraid - this belongs in the realm of rumour or myth, not fully documented history, but makes you think though.
But I'm sure we've mostly heard the story that, at an unnamed US Airbase in Great Britain, once the war was over, and the American military was busy being re-patriated, there was a whole shipment of H-D WLA45s, fresh out the factory, prepped and ready, all crated and waiting for distribution, but they wasn't required anymore, which gave a major headache to the supply staff, or maybe just a solitary supply clerk, who faced the problem of requisitioning supply space, or requesting whatever documents was needed to ship stuff, at a time when there was a helluva a lot of stuff needing transport, but the whole N Atlantic convoy system was geared down, leading to a transport bottleneck, so he (or why not she) found the most practical solution was to requisition some field engineers and a 'dozer to dig a huge trench, so the whole shipment, still in their delivery crates, could be put out of sight and out of mind . . .
A similar thing happened at the end of the contract to build the Sullem Voe Oil Terminal in the Shetlands.No pics, I'm afraid - this belongs in the realm of rumour or myth, not fully documented history, but makes you think though.
But I'm sure we've mostly heard the story that, at an unnamed US Airbase in Great Britain, once the war was over, and the American military was busy being re-patriated, there was a whole shipment of H-D WLA45s, fresh out the factory, prepped and ready, all crated and waiting for distribution, but they wasn't required anymore, which gave a major headache to the supply staff, or maybe just a solitary supply clerk, who faced the problem of requisitioning supply space, or requesting whatever documents was needed to ship stuff, at a time when there was a helluva a lot of stuff needing transport, but the whole N Atlantic convoy system was geared down, leading to a transport bottleneck, so he (or why not she) found the most practical solution was to requisition some field engineers and a 'dozer to dig a huge trench, so the whole shipment, still in their delivery crates, could be put out of sight and out of mind . . .
No pics, I'm afraid - this belongs in the realm of rumour or myth, not fully documented history, but makes you think though.
But I'm sure we've mostly heard the story that, at an unnamed US Airbase in Great Britain, once the war was over, and the American military was busy being re-patriated, there was a whole shipment of H-D WLA45s, fresh out the factory, prepped and ready, all crated and waiting for distribution, but they wasn't required anymore, which gave a major headache to the supply staff, or maybe just a solitary supply clerk, who faced the problem of requisitioning supply space, or requesting whatever documents was needed to ship stuff, at a time when there was a helluva a lot of stuff needing transport, but the whole N Atlantic convoy system was geared down, leading to a transport bottleneck, so he (or why not she) found the most practical solution was to requisition some field engineers and a 'dozer to dig a huge trench, so the whole shipment, still in their delivery crates, could be put out of sight and out of mind . . .
At least the shoe is easy to inspect/replace.
Two and four wheelers are troublesome enough for meSeems like a good idea/fun
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Rotary valve head? Looks interesting.
Trying to figure out what Satanic message it contains
Or maybe it's just a nursery rhyme ?
Eye test for pilots ?