Hal the Elder
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In 1951, I was a 15-year-old 10th-grader in high school.
My best friend had just bought a used 1949 Whizzer Motorbike, and during that summer, he would ride a few miles to my house where we would go joy riding.
George weighed about 140 pounds and I was about 160, so between us, we had about 300 pounds on his Whizzer. (61 years ago, teenagers weren't as heavy as they are today.)
As I recall, George's bike had plenty of torque to take us over the mild hills in the neighborhood, and was quite satisfying in its acceleration and 25-30 MPH speed with its double load.
It wasn't until 57 years later (2008) that I bought OSCAR, my first Whizzer!
The next year (1952) we both turned 16, got our Drivers Licenses and bought our first cars. George bought a 1937 Ford V-8 and I bought a 1934 Plymouth Six for $35!
Here's a shot of a 1934 Plymouth, just like the first car I bought: (I've owned 27 cars since 1952) The spare tire cover was not the original on this car. Those Fat whitewalls and wide Running Boards were Soooo Cool!
HAL
My best friend had just bought a used 1949 Whizzer Motorbike, and during that summer, he would ride a few miles to my house where we would go joy riding.
George weighed about 140 pounds and I was about 160, so between us, we had about 300 pounds on his Whizzer. (61 years ago, teenagers weren't as heavy as they are today.)
As I recall, George's bike had plenty of torque to take us over the mild hills in the neighborhood, and was quite satisfying in its acceleration and 25-30 MPH speed with its double load.
It wasn't until 57 years later (2008) that I bought OSCAR, my first Whizzer!
The next year (1952) we both turned 16, got our Drivers Licenses and bought our first cars. George bought a 1937 Ford V-8 and I bought a 1934 Plymouth Six for $35!
Here's a shot of a 1934 Plymouth, just like the first car I bought: (I've owned 27 cars since 1952) The spare tire cover was not the original on this car. Those Fat whitewalls and wide Running Boards were Soooo Cool!
HAL
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