1982 Jeep

   Did people keep them as a collector item, I wonder? 

  List price seems ridiculously cheap.  In Canada in1982 average income was about $30k per year. Assume the lower prices in the US and the 25-30% exchange rate, it's still much less than a 1/2 year income.

Sidecar Sunday

 

Fanny B.

 250cc Villiers two stroke engine. Villiers provided engines for nearly all the lightweight postwar British motorcycles, as well utility engines for lawnmowers and industrial machinery.

Turnscrew

 Last month I found out what a turnscrew is, this month I found one!

J &R four into one

 I think of J&R as a two stroke exhaust manufacturer more than 4 stroke-but this seems to be working...

Fashion Friday For the speedy sixties!

 

Walden ratchet

  Here’s a big clunky 1/2”drive double ended (non-reversible) ratchet, part of an incomplete socket set I did not buy. I expect the mechanism occupies most of the riveted area. Clunky now, but a huge advance for any mechanic back in the day. Previous post on Walden Tools here. 
 

Keeper of the air...

 Why would a tire valve company need or want to take a half page ad in a motorcycle magazine in the 1950s?

Happy New Year!

 

Suzuki GT250

 After the purposeful styling of the sixties T250s, the GT was a disappointment. Still worked great, but the Ram Air head probably wasn't needed and that is not an attractive colour.