Subject: RE: Gilmore Car Museum(6/12/05)A bit longw/rant
Author: Kevin Graf
Date: Jun 13, 2005, 6:22 AM
Post ID: 1719011945
Cheers to that AJ. Things are always so nuts just pulling up to a place,
ta boot I was pissed at some Harley badass wannabe biker type that
couldn't ride worth crap and wouldn't get the hell out of my way when we
we trying to park. Ya know.. I wish Holloween Bikers would just save it
for Halely-Fest(bad, bad bad Harley ralley here). They would probabbly
enjoy it more anyways. They can all stand around polishing their knobs
together. Ya know what, maybe I'll invite some to a clubhouse one of
these days. Sort of a tuff love thing. Lay bets on how fast they put up
that fatboy up for sale.
Yeah, anyways... Sorry. Off to the important stuff! I would've really
liked to BS more with you AJ. Looked and did not find. Maybe next time.
Grattan next weekend?Mid-Ohio?
So for those that don't know Gilmore Car Museum sits between Kalamazoo &
Battle Creek, MI. The museum is on a huge plot o'land in the middle of
some farm counry. I think Gilmore bought up some old barns, HUGE barns.
2 levels, ect. He had these things moved to the site, restored, and put
a bunch of old cars in 'em. Both levels. Now I don't know much about
cars, except that they have 4 wheels and are generally a PIMA, but these
were gorgous, these things could of literally been right off the line.
Cars from the 20's - up.These things are huge autos, V-12's, V-16's,
rumble seats and gigantic hood ordiments.
So yeah, every year they have a vintage motorcycle show. Small show but
good. Like AJ said, 1 Loop (71 Ambo w/single dash). Excellent shape. I
didn't see the owner anywhere. Got pulled away from the buy a pair of
750 Ducati's. There were allot of cool Cushmans, 1 Cushman Roadking(very
cool). A bunch of japanese, including 2 Water Buffalos.
But 1 that caught my eye was a 194? BMW military sidecar rig. The owner
said that it was found abandoned in Czechoslovakia. He said that it was
on the Russian front. Once found, it made it's way to Canada. Where it
found it's present owner. He also told me the when the tank was
restored, 7 bullet holes had to be patched. Lots of gagets, levers, and
things to play with. Very cool.
Around 3:00, some of our crew started getting a bit grouchy. No beer
tent. So I run off to fix the bike. Yup, the bike crapped out right
after paying the admission. As I'm kicking the thing over, a pal rides
buy and yells "Well, you finaly made here, no one said anything about
getting home!", Might be repeating myself, but for the past 4-5 years I
have tried to make it out to this thing. Everytime I get waylaid. Soo,
after rebuilding the Shovel, there was a bunch of rib poking about my
goal of actually making it out there.... never considered getting
home:-)
Turned out just to be a shorted wire that was easily found & taped.
Once back into Detroit, I was able to catch the last of John Lee Hooker
Jr.'s set, then off to some more pals for BBQ & beer. All in all, great
day.
Kev
-----Original Message-----
From: AJ Huff [mailto:ajh-@earthlink.net]
Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 7:41 AM
To: Loopfram-@topica.com
Subject: RE: Gilmore Car Museum(6/12/05)
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Kevin,
Great to "meet" you yesterday. Sorry we never really got together. I had
lost track of time and my wife reminded me that we had graduation
commitments yet to go to. So we left about 1:00. Still good to put a
face
with the name. Matt, sorry I missed you.
Thought it was a great show. I love the old bikes, especially 30's up to
the 50's and there were plenty there.That was a good looking Ambo Jim
Robinson had there. Funny I bought my Ambo from a Jim Robinson in
Michigan
but I'm pretty sure it was a different guy. What are the odds of that.
-AJ