Barn find tour !!

mikelavite

mikelavite

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just got a sneak peek from this old boy today after work . we use his driveway to get in and out of a job i am working . i noticed somthing that cought my eye . well come to find out he was a yard kart and mini bike dealer in the 70's & 80's he gave me a small preview of his things . and i will go back & get some pictures to post . maybe has somthings you guys are looking for . way cool old man . if we hadnt just finished a concrete pour and i was verry tired i could have stayed for a few hours just talking with him !!!!!!!
 
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RobertC

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What a treasure !

You know, just to meet someone like that and hear a little bit of their story....That's some of America's automobilia (sp ! ) or industrial or whatever, history at it's best !

So cool.
 
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mikelavite

mikelavite

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you know what the most cool thing was is he said I could have everything for free !! but I declined the offer !! he said his kids and grandkids are just not into any of it at all . and I told him about this website and he is not internet savvy at all . he told me he was alive and kicking and it is his stuff to do with as he pleases . but he said if he is dead then he has no say so on what happens to his stuff . his vintage farm equipment is verry impressisve and cool even though i didnt know what most of it was. LOL


but he has lots of small 3hp looking tecumseh engines that look like some of you guys minibike engines . i will get with him this weekend and get some pics . he still works his produce farm everyday . so he said i could bring a few things home clean the dust and bird poop off and try to sell them for him . if i wanted . then he told me to just keep the money cuz he said he made a little over his lifetime LOL . but if I wanted to give him some or take him fishing in the springtime thats cool too . what a cool old guy !!!
 
mikelavite

mikelavite

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will bring you guys up-2-speed over the weekend !! im really pumped up on this one !! gunna be neat crawling around in his buildings digging this stuff out for sure
 
Hounddog

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Sounds great...Look forward to the old stories and some pictures. You should take the guy fishing too, probably be a great time for both of you!
 
AJaxMini

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Is your PM box full yet...LOL! Very cool story and it's always fun to see the pics as the stuff stands. So please take a few pictures before everything starts coming out.

Thanks for sharing to by the way!
 
JohnnyTillotson

JohnnyTillotson

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Ask him what For Ton Karting is please!!!

Oh, don't forget: camera, gloves and flashlight! Preferably the headband style light. Nothing worse than being in a dark corner and you can't read a decal or model/serial number, but you know its gold.
 
buckeye

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Man, I'd love to meet this guy.
Tell him he has a bunch of mini bike fans already. He obviously is one.
Thanks for sharing. And I look forward to more of this saga.
 
mikelavite

mikelavite

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Most of you guys know , I am a Tecumseh star guy just love em ! he said he has some Tecumseh engines that are all painted white in color . I see a lot of you guys have minibikes with white flatheads on them . is this something I should pay close attention to !?
 
capguncowboy

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mikelavite said:
Most of you guys know , I am a Tecumseh star guy just love em ! he said he has some Tecumseh engines that are all painted white in color . I see a lot of you guys have minibikes with white flatheads on them . is this something I should pay close attention to !?
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Absolutely. Any vintage horizontal Tecumseh engines, 5hp and lower with rear exhaust would be highly desirable here. Side exhaust, probably not so much. I know that I could always use a few engines.
 
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