Ron Wood's Norton

Images from a July 1975 Cycle magazine article. I've not seen this race bike as a rolling chassis, I had no idea the actual frame construction, 3 inch diameter chrome moly tube with a wall thickness of .049". Translating from a photograph into CAD we get 56.5 inch wheelbase, 26° rake and 3 inches trail. Wonder how close that is to the actual geometry?

 

Yale solo or tandem

Don't really need a sidecar with this tandem attachment. Or just cut loose solo.

 

Sidecar Sunday

 

Aermacchi Metisse, 1967

Cycle Oct 67

 The Rickman brothers were everywhere!  With the bottom frame rails running above the engine, this is not the usual Rickman frame layout. Disc brakes on both wheels are unusual for the time, that's a Lyster on the rear.

Compare to the Drixl Aermacchi here.
 

Gilbow tin snips

 According to the Irwin website; The original tin snips were first designed in 1924 and have dominated the sheet metal cutting industry to such an extent that today, snips and shears are referred to as "Gilbows". I guess that could be, but it's the first I've heard of it. Made in England, this tool has the names Record, Irwin and Gilbow on it. 

Think of the horses... Reading Standard

 

Oldsmobile 1950, make a date!

 

1960s French current events humour...

If I had a hammer!

He has (translated); "a complete set of good quality tools which is not missing anything that is the subject of a popular song". 

After seeing the comments, I realize I've misidentified the motorcycles...It's a MZ being worked on, and it's a DKW in the picture below. Apologies, they look sorta the same.

Protar MV model

 This unopened (can we call it vintage?) model kit was sitting on the bargain shelf at the local hobby shop. It's definitely not in the casual purchase category at $195 but when was the last time you saw one? Remember the full page ads in Cycle World magazine? 

Fairbanks Scale still working...

 They were good with cast iron in those days...