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Brochures and other Literature / Re: lawnmower
« on: July 01, 2020, 06:02:42 PM »
The Wico magneto listing shows they were 3.5 hp single cylinder made from 1950-53.

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Buy, Sell, Trade / Tillotson MS93E carb on ebay
« on: July 14, 2019, 07:09:20 AM »
A seller on ebay has several vintage carbs for sale including an MS93E.  Looking for a starting bid of $50.

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Other Things Simplex / Internet Archive
« on: March 23, 2019, 05:45:59 PM »
I was recently informed about WayBackMachine, an internet archive which periodicaly takes snapshots of internet websites to preserve a record of them.  You can check out various snapshots of Gary Wollard's old Servi-Cycle Collectors website.  Here's how you do it:
Google WayBackMachine
Click on one of the listings for WayBackMachine
Type in Servi-Cycle in the big URL box
Select the year you would like to visit by clicking on one of the bars in the timeline at the top of the page
Click on one of the highlighted days that snapshots were recorded in the yearly calendar
You're there!

The response time is a little slow, but there is Gary's website, out of the ether.  Most snapshots differ as Gary added to and built up the site.
WOW!
You can also find usscootermuseum and others
By the way I recently purchased the usscootermuseum domain name and am working to restore John's website.

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Buy, Sell, Trade / Re: Jim Kilau moving sale
« on: September 18, 2017, 04:17:20 PM »
The Quarter Ton Truck is sold.  Jim has other Simplexes for sale.  I tried to post pics, but they were rejected.

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Buy, Sell, Trade / Jim Kilau moving sale
« on: September 03, 2017, 07:51:20 PM »
Jim Kilau (Jim's Scooter Parts in St Paul 612-868-6685) has sold his building and is moving to smaller quarters.  He is selling some of his nice stuff, including his very nice original Quarter-Ton truck and his beautifully restored 1938 Servi.   He had the QTT at Portland, and both of them at Davenport.  He has reduced his asking prices.                                                   

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Brochures and other Literature / Gary Wollard's Lemonade story
« on: March 21, 2017, 09:39:17 AM »
Gary apparently sent this in to the VMBC magazine but it was never used.

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What Year is my Bike? / Re: 1940s servi-cycle dating
« on: March 13, 2017, 06:41:30 PM »
Note that the Model G was made from April 1940 to December 1944.  With known serial numbers exceeding 5000, it's likely this bike is a late 1940.  There are brochures and manuals posted for this model.  Does it have a clutch?

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Buy, Sell, Trade / 58 Simplex scooter on ebay
« on: March 11, 2017, 11:21:36 AM »
Note that he has the original paperwork showing frame no 17-654 and engine no M-23961-B purchased on 12-2-1959.  Says he bought at an estate sale and only has a copy of the title.  Price was $269 less a trade-in of $250 for a net cost of $19 plus tax!!

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Engine & Transmission / Re: Does anyone rebuild coils?
« on: December 01, 2016, 09:40:06 AM »
I believe Maytag engines used the same coil.  Bob Blinn's dad used to rewind these, and other Maytag sources still have coils available.

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Other Things Simplex / Re: Is anyone doing anything Simplex ?
« on: December 01, 2016, 09:36:47 AM »
I have a couple of NOS crankcases from an Air Force surplus auction.  Both have an M serial number stamped on the case with a B suffix.  Simplex may have stamped all cases when machined.  Anybody have any unstamped cases?

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Other Things Simplex / Re: Glass to plastic
« on: December 01, 2016, 09:33:21 AM »
Cushman changed to plastic in 1959 when they changed to 12 volt ignition and lighting, although they continued to use existing stocks until exhausted.  Cushman-made Allstate scooters continued using 6 volt magnetos and lighting.  In 1960 the glass lenses were no longer available from Cushman.  Most of the Simplex Automatics I've seen had the plastic lens.

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Brochures and other Literature / Re: Eisemann Model 71-LE
« on: August 17, 2016, 09:58:12 AM »
This is an original Eisemann sheet.  It is also posted under Magnetos in the Manuals folder.

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Other Things Simplex / Re: Portland?
« on: June 23, 2016, 06:42:25 AM »
I had a nice chat with Bob last weekend.  He said he was going to be at Portland on Tuesday thru Thursday.  He is living in Norwalk, Ohio in a condo just across the back yard from his daughter. 

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Buy, Sell, Trade / #2220L bulbs on ebay
« on: April 15, 2016, 09:11:35 AM »
An ebay seller has "more than 10" sets of 2 #2220L bulbs for $3.99 plus shipping.  I don't know what the L designates.  Does anyone else know?  Could be a good price.

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The Model K Servi Gram posted under Manuals shows the Improvements made in the Model K.  No 3 is the Kwik-Clean air cleaner.

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