Sunday, August 1, 2010

A little Bud history



Bud began life in 1920 in Ok. He was the youngest of 6 kids, and small
at about 5.6". I don't imagine he did too well in school, because he
had too many outside interests.

His family moved to Huntington Beach before his first birthday. For
instance, he learned to ride his brothers Harley at age 15 by
sneaking it out of the garage when his brother was working.

Not long after this, he got his own Harley VTwin.....only his was a
single, since it had had trouble with the rear cyl, and in those days
a fix was to take the piston and rod out, block off the crankcase and
run them as a single.

As he got older he started to run dirt enduro rallies all over the LA
hills. Imagine riding the dirt with a hardtail.

Soon he discovered girls, and that required a car....sorta. At 16 he
bought a Model A roadster along with a wrecked '32 Ford V8. Soon the
V8 was in the roadster, and a whole new world opened up.

So he was always an inventive guy. I'll give more excerpts of OMB's history

That's the Co River and it's colder than I wanted any part of.

life as we go along.


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