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Post by stilllearning on Jan 4, 2007 8:02:25 GMT -5
Add all you would like. I love looking at these old pictures. I am putting this on the sites I visit so if you frequent other sites I do sorry for the repetition but not everyone goes to those other sites so enjoy. Here are a few my Dad brought me recently. One way to feed the family. some nice looking deer. My Dad with his monster. I would have thought there would have been a better way to store the deer but that is how they did it while they were in camp. A fun way to get your deer out. Here is my Dads, what I call an albino but not a true albino. every one of these photos are of relatives of mine before I was even a twinkle in my Dad's eyes.
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Post by bigskyscott on Jan 26, 2007 13:36:09 GMT -5
Stilllearning~ Obviously you and I think alike when it comes to old pics. I just love collecting and looking at them. The ones you posted are great ! This one of mine is another old photo taken by W.H.Jackson. Its not hunting related but, IMO cool just the same. Its of The Mount Of The Holy Cross which is located in the Northwest Sawatch Range of the Rockies in Colorado at 14,000 feet. For years early explorers who were traveling through this area claimed to have seen this and reported it back to folks back East. This is the very first photo ever taken of this natural formation. Jackson took it in 1874.Positive proof that It exsisted.
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Post by stilllearning on Jan 26, 2007 14:26:31 GMT -5
bigskyscott I realy like that one. Kinda makes you wonder how it got that way doesn't it? Keep them comming bigsky. I love these old photos.
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Post by bigskyscott on Jan 27, 2007 12:59:18 GMT -5
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Post by hoosieroutdoorsman on Jan 27, 2007 18:35:10 GMT -5
Those are some great pics,,ya gotta love the old days
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Post by 4pointer on Jan 27, 2007 22:15:42 GMT -5
I could sit here all night and look at ole pictures. ;DKEEP THEM PIC'S COMING ;D .
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Post by jerseyhunter on Jan 28, 2007 6:08:01 GMT -5
Great looking pics bro sure makes you wonder . ;D
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Post by bigskyscott on Jan 29, 2007 0:29:42 GMT -5
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Post by bigskyscott on Jan 29, 2007 0:47:58 GMT -5
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Post by stilllearning on Jan 30, 2007 13:55:51 GMT -5
Impressive photos. I need to find the one of my dad on a motorcycle when he was in the forces at the end of WWII. He just finished his basic trining when the war ended.
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Post by 4pointer on Jan 30, 2007 22:07:33 GMT -5
Thanks,Them ole by's having a ball
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Post by bigskyscott on Feb 1, 2007 1:05:02 GMT -5
Impressive photos. I need to find the one of my dad on a motorcycle when he was in the forces at the end of WWII. He just finished his basic trining when the war ended. SL~ Was he on a Army bike ? If he was I'd love to see the pic. Most likely would have been on a Harley Flathead. My Harley trike is a bored out 45 Flathead. A 1947.
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Post by bigskyscott on Feb 1, 2007 1:08:15 GMT -5
Thanks,Them ole by's having a ball Thank you Larry Here, for no special reason is one more that wanted to be posted. Now ...can you just imagine trying to see Seattle riding on one of those TODAY !?! ;D
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Post by stilllearning on Feb 1, 2007 7:03:48 GMT -5
LOL another cool photo.
Thanks
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Post by hoosieroutdoorsman on Feb 10, 2007 18:15:26 GMT -5
Here is one from the early 30`s of my uncle and his hunting buddies. My uncle is second from the left.
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Post by 4pointer on Feb 10, 2007 18:53:41 GMT -5
Here is one from the early 30`s of my uncle and his hunting buddies. My uncle is second from the left. They all got them GOOD OLE DOUBLE'S, THANKS FER SHARIN
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Post by hoosieroutdoorsman on Feb 10, 2007 19:13:42 GMT -5
Told ya all I came from a long line O Hillbillies,,lol
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Post by bigskyscott on Feb 10, 2007 21:54:40 GMT -5
Hoos ~ Now thats one great pic !!! Like the ammo belt on the first guy.... a few squirrels too ! Wouldn't you love to be the owner of any one of those cool guns ? Thanks fer sharin .
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Post by stilllearning on Feb 16, 2007 7:58:58 GMT -5
Impressive. Thanks and keep them comming. I am definatly going to get ahold of my father now.
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Post by stilllearning on Feb 17, 2007 18:57:46 GMT -5
These are both of my Dad back in 1944 as a member of the Canadian Air Force. When he finished his training the war had just ended and they sent him home. And this one is the one I was telling you about with him sitting on the motorcycle. I have no idea as to what kind of bike it is though. Does anyone else? [
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Post by bigskyscott on Feb 17, 2007 23:43:16 GMT -5
Cool pics SL . Man, I sure wish that was a full shot of that bike. It has a springer/girter design front fork and it looks like a right- hand side "suicide" shifter mounted on the tank.(real tricky to ride) Harleys shifters were on the left side. Most likely this bike was used with a hack (sidecar) . Can't ID it though without seeing the whole bike. Since it was a Canadian Military issued bike , could be British. Don't think it's a Harley, but could be wrong. I'll do a little research on it.
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Post by stilllearning on Feb 18, 2007 7:56:20 GMT -5
I just thought it was a cool pic and my parants being my inspiration in life. I wanted to share. I some other neet photos that I will put on latter when I have time. Going to church now so see you latter.
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Post by bigskyscott on Feb 19, 2007 4:23:38 GMT -5
Stilllearnig ~ O.K. Bud, Here we go..... This is going to be a little long, but I like solving mysteries with just a little evidence. After closely studying your Father on his scooter and doing hours of research (I now have over 80 more new pic's in my photobucket), we have a couple of candidates for the bike. During WW II, the RCAF were using Nortons,B.S.A.'s (almost one and the same bike) and a few models of Indians (mostly the"Scout"). The British military back then also put into service Royal Enfields, Triumphs and some Airels. With the exception of the Indians (U.S.A.) all were manufactured in Europe.One quarter of the bikes used in Canada were Norton/B.S.A.'s . I wouldn't doubt that Harley Davidson had some of their units up in Canada also. The Nortons and Indians had very similar looking and working front springer/girder forks with some minor differences. Also, Nortons had their horns mounted either on the side of or the front of the bike's front frame down-tube. The speedo was mounted either in front of the rider above the handlebar's triple trees or mounted off to the left side from the fork. Nortons didn't have any dash tins(shells) mounted on top of the fuel tank to house the gauges and speedo... just a bare tank with only a gas filler and cap. Nortons also had a large bakelite steering damping adjustment knob located on top of the fork assembly. Nortons/B.S.A.'s and the rest all had foot trans. shift levers and no gate mounted hand shifters on the fuel tank. All the old and new photos that I looked at of Nortons and others had no horn/headlight mounting plates on them like you see in your Father's pic.. The Indian Scouts had for the most part, all their horns(if they had one) mounted above the headlight on a sometimes flat or side-lips bent at a 90 degree angle mounting plate bolted to the fork. Indians also had tank mounted dashes which housed the gauges, light switch,etc.. Harley Davidson had fuel tank mounted hand shifters on their Solo flatheads but , like I said before, they were located on the left side of the tank NOT the right side like your Father's bike. Harley also had a springer-type front fork, but it's legs were not girder style, so Harley has been eliminated. The only bikes that I know of that had right-side hand shifters were some Indian models... mostly Scouts. After carefully making size and shape comparisions between Norton/B.S.A.'s and Indian's horn design and locations,the fuel tank differences plus where the hand shifter is located, I would have to come to the conclusion that your "Ole Man" was riding an Indian Scout manufactured sometime between 1939 and 1943. No wonder your Father had a very pleased look on his face. I would too. Bet he had fun learning how to ride that baby ! Like I said, I have a ton of really cool old WW II photos of Nortons and Indians that I would be happy to post here if you folks want to see them. For now, I have a few to post so that you all can make your own comparisions for yourself to confirm my findings. This was fun ! I learned a heck of a lot about old , two wheeled military "Iron".
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Post by bigskyscott on Feb 19, 2007 4:44:54 GMT -5
This first one is a nice restoration of a Norton. You can see the steering dampening knob above the forks between the handlebars. The horn is mounted between the front frame down tube and the engine cylinder. You can barely see the center located fuel cap on top of the tank.
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Post by bigskyscott on Feb 19, 2007 4:54:00 GMT -5
Pic #2 is another Norton showning the other side of the bike. It has a similar girder/springer front fork like the Indian Scouts do. No tank mounted shifter. No dash on top of the fuel tank... just a gas filler and cap. The speedo is off-set to the left and mounted to the handlebars. You can see where the horn is mounted on this one ... again on the down tube.
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Post by bigskyscott on Feb 19, 2007 4:59:29 GMT -5
Pic #3 is another great looking old Norton . You get a nice view of the dampening knob and left-side off-set mounted speedo.
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Post by bigskyscott on Feb 19, 2007 5:07:48 GMT -5
Pic #5 ~ This is an Indian .Note the shifter, the horn located above the headlight and both mounted on a metal plate attached to the fork. Notice the dash on the fuel tank ? Kinda looks familar.. ain't ? This one has a slightly different fork(this bike isn't a Scout) but has everything else Stilllearning's father's bike has.
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Post by bigskyscott on Feb 19, 2007 5:21:02 GMT -5
Next up is another U.S. Army Indian Scout. It has the great old side valve 74 ci flathead powerplant. This one has the horn mounted on the side. The fork is the same as Stilllearning's Dad's.
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Post by bigskyscott on Feb 19, 2007 5:28:56 GMT -5
And to wrap things up .... I just absolutely love this photo. It's showing WWII G.I.'s working on brand new Indians.
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Post by bigskyscott on Feb 19, 2007 5:35:42 GMT -5
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