Friday, December 11, 2009

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  1. JEFF
    I CAN'T BELEIVE YOU HAVE THIS PICTURE --MOON AND I HAD JUST RETURNED FROM FLORIDA WITH A BIG CATCH.WE BARLEY KNEW WHAT A CROCKER WAS WHEN WE WENT AFTER THIS THING .WE HAD TAKEN OUT AN AD IN THE MIAMI HEARLD --WANTED OLD MOTORCYCLES--WE DECIDED THE BEST WAY TO HANDLE THIS WAS -I WOULD TAKE THE FIRST BIKE -MOON TAKE SECOND SO ON--FAIR WAY TO DO THIS --WELL I GET A CALL ABOUT A CANNIBLIZED INDIAN FOM GUATAMALA WITH TRUCK WHEELS AND TIRES--BIKE IS PINK -WHEELS ARE BLUE --SO MAYBE I'LL PASS ON THIS ONE --NEXT CALL ---THIS IS MOON'S CALL ..GUY SAYS HE HAS A CROCKER IN STORAGE AND IT'S BEEN THERE FOREVER.
    SO WE DIG OUT ALL THE MONEY WE HAVE AND WE ARE HEADED TO FLORIDA.WE GWET THERE AND --NO SHIT ITS A REAL CROCKER .. I THINK WE STARTED OUT AT 3 GRAND .SO WE HANG AROUND A COUPLE OF DAYS AND DON'T GET THE BIKE.THAT WAS THE LONGEST RIDE EVER FROM FLORIDA TO SOUTH CAROLINA.THIS GUY IS STARTING TO CALL AROUND AND WE ARE REALLY NERVOUS --MOON FINALLY OFFERS HIM 9 GRAND .WE SIT AROUND FOR ANOTHER WEEK--FREAKING OUT-----FINALLY GUY CALLS MOON AND DEAL IS DONE

    THIS WAS LIKE ONE OF THE FIRST BIG BIKE HUNTS MOON AND I WENT ON AND IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN ANT BETTER --WELL MAYBE IF THAT HAD BEEN MY CALL--JUST KIDDING .WE BOTH ENJOYED THAT BIKE AND IT OPENED A LOT OF DOORS FOR US WITH THE REAL MOTORCYCLE GUYS --ERNIE SKELTON -JOHN CAMERON -JACK GORMLEY-DIGGER-BUD EKINS ---HELL EVERYBODY LIKED THESE HILLBILLIES NOW-----A GREAT ADVENTURE -----R.L. JONES---ROADBOOGERS.COM-----ROADBOOGERS

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  2. THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN JUST AFTER WE GOT CROCKER BACK TO SOUTH CAROLINA--MOON AND I ARE TRYIN TO FIGURE OUT WHAT GOES WHERE-MAYBE WE CAN GET SOME HARLEY PARTS TO WORK ON THIS THING-COOL SHOT JEFF-----R.L.

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  3. 'The Motorcyclist' magazine October 1940 has the debut of the Crocker 'Scootabout'. checking the records shows a list of employees. funny thing 8 employees were under 22 yrs old, plus Bigsby, Rhyne, Mount and the Boss, Albert H Crocker. The 1940 LA yellow pages has adverts for the Crocker Scooter. no mention of a V-twin. Harry Sucher wrote an article in 1971 mentioning Ernie Skelton making patterns for Crocker V-twins. Elmo Looper's son was born 1947, he doesnt know anything about the legendary "Crocker inventory". Seems that story was created by Harry Sucher, Chuck Vernon and Skelton, to supplement the 'Crocker Register' story. Elmo Looper didnt own a motorcycle in the late 1950s, until 1967 = a Phelon & Moore Panther

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