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Ricks

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Original Advertising
« on: February 11, 2012, 01:13:18 PM »
Some early advertisements.

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Re: Original Advertising
« Reply #1 on: February 11, 2012, 06:08:45 PM »
I was looking at the 1957 ad on ebay today & it mentioned that the 150cc engine was available.  When did they bring out the bigger version & how can you tell which version you have?

what magazines did they usually advertise in?  I used to collect a lot of Life magazines, Popular Science, Popular Mechanix, etc., usually looking for studebaker ads & other neat project articles.  If I knew which magazines they spent their ad dollars on, I'll start snooping thru my stash.
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Re: Original Advertising
« Reply #2 on: February 11, 2012, 06:22:08 PM »
I searched all my Popular Science and Popular Mechanics (late '40s and through the '50s) and didn't find any Simplex ads. I did see Harley and Cushmans. So not sure what Simplex advertised in yet.
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Re: Original Advertising
« Reply #3 on: February 12, 2012, 07:01:03 AM »
Do you think there were many stand alone dealerships, or do you think most of them were also bicycle dealers (the guy I bought my bike from runs a bicycle shop that also sells an electric bicycle)?
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