All right, guys! Are you just trolling for a response from one of us who RIDES?! After all, those chrome and leather jobs sure do look nice on the trailers...8-)...and of course we all know that loud pipes save lives, right?
<OAC>Wish that BMW would do something about their historical resources online. At one time, you could actually do some research on their early motorcycles via their website, in German or in English. Then they went and changed it. Blame it on marketing, I guess. So much for the innovative use of corporate archives...</OAC>
Dennis "Hoping to get more than 15,000 on the Beemer this season" Moser
PS. "<OAC>" stands for "Obligatory Archives-related Content", in case you were wondering. After all, it's not Friday (although for us it is as campus is closed tomorrow) yet and we MUST stay on topic...
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From: Jackson, Bill
Reply To: Jackson, Bill
Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 16:10
To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
Subject: Re: Odd requests
Does the Caterpiller Sixty have leather seats and lots of chrome?
Bill Jackson
Senior Archivist
Harley-Davidson Motor Company
Milwaukee, WI
-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas Berry [mailto:tberry@HCEA.NET]
Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 4:05 PM
To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
Subject: Re: Odd requests
I didn't mention this earlier, and other equipment enthusiasts think I'm
nuts to say so, but I swear that the engine of a Caterpillar Sixty crawler
tractor, built in the late 1920s and early 1930s, sounds for all the world
like a big Harley-Davidson motorcycle.
Best wishes,
Tom
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Berry [mailto:tberry@HCEA.NET]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 8:22 AM
> To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
> Subject: Odd requests
>
>
> My latest entry on this occasional subject: Receiving a cassette tape made
> from a fairly old sound effects phonograph record, with an accompanying
> letter asking me to identify the machine that was recorded. No other
> information, just that.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Thomas Berry, Archivist
> Historical Construction Equipment Association
> 16623 Liberty Hi Road
> Bowling Green, Ohio 43402
> Phone 419-352-5616
> Fax 419-352-6086
> tberry@hcea.net
> http://www.hcea.net