Stan, you're not going into the business of "cash crop" importing are you.
There was an old Indian Motorcycle Company factory racer from the 1930's, famous for showing up in Daytona wearing all green (a bad luck color until Kawasaki) and for painting motorcycles, named "Red Neighbors." He pitched up in Fayetteville, N.C, in the late 1940's and opened "Meridian Motorcycle Co." there. He was a specialist motorcycle painter and managed to obtain the dealership for all the Limey logos - Triumph, BSA, Norton, Matchless in the 1950's...and then for the Italians, Moto-Guzzi and Ducati... He hated 2 strokes and Harleys. He sold bikes to the paratroopers and never forgave LBJ for sending the 82nd to Dominican Republic in 1965 - cost him a lot of money. I bought my first Triumph Bonneville from him in August 1965 and rode it to Florida down 301 the next week.
Then, long after I left Ft. Bragg...in early 70's he open a ship building business on the NC coast making low, sleek, super fast ocean going boats. Guess who was buying them? He died in the mid- 1970's I believe and his daughter took over. Last time I was in Fayetteville, April a year ago, the building was a furniture sales place...sad.
Last edited by Argo44; 04/30/20 09:24 PM.
