What a gold Mine I found in this Forum to help me restore my 56 M.
I just picked it up last Wednesday here in Peoria, AZ. I am the 3rd owner.
It sat in a barn for 41 years with the second owner.
It has been a real trip. The Motor Vehicle Department had a difficult time figuring out what it was when I registered it. Then I had the same problem with the insurance company.
I have been involved in two wheeled motor vehicles most of my life.
Started with a well-used Whizzer at 13. At 14 I had a mustang. In this picture in 1948 of me on the mustang, to my left is a childhood friend Billy Jo Jackson on a Simplex. He was a flying missionary and was killed in a crash somewhere in South America. I am going to name my “M” Billy Jo in his memory.
I haven’t had a two wheel ride in a couple of years and was having withdrawals so I was looking for something I could afford and handle at almost 80 and that is not MPH.
I have two websites, the US Scooter Museum and US Mini Bike Museum.
You can enter either one from this link.
http://www.usscootermuseum.com/I would like to put a link to this forum on my Simplex page in US Scooters if it is ok with you. John