37UL6900 New Mexico motorcycle club

[1950Panhead]

Holy cow, Mike Wolfe's "as found"
This bike sold for $49.5k at the Mecum auction https://www.mecum.com/lots/LV0123-54028 ... vidson-ul/

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[1950Panhead]

[1950Panhead]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/364131425547

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[1950Panhead]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/234884138965

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[RooDog]

From Mach IV's frame description:
"Up for sale:
Amazing late 37 frame REMOVED FROM A RUNNING RIDING 1937 UL -Running bike Amazing 1937 parts very rare stuff, last pic is of bike complete before tear down- bid to win- Bottom Of Frame is awesome - 2 on neck square tool box tabs on back side this frame is amazing and looks to be very unmolested- haven't seen one like this maybe wont again its nice *2712"

[RUBONE]

that's a shame...

[George Greer]

Not just a shame…..

That’s sick.

George

[RooDog]

They have been buying running motorcycles and parting them out for years....
And often misidentifying the application for many of the Harley parts they list.....
But, hey, if one needs the part and willing to pay the price, so be it....

[1950Panhead]

Robbie,
Carl Brewster, Jim Seals, Bill Randolph, Gerald Johnson, Hank Goller, Dave Miller, Shirley Johnson, Louella Willie, Peggy Elrod
Know any of these guys and girls ?

[flatheadDave]

Much V motors. What a waste !!!

[RUBONE]

Robbie,
Carl Brewster, Jim Seals, Bill Randolph, Gerald Johnson, Hank Goller, Dave Miller, Shirley Johnson, Louella Willie, Peggy Elrod
Know any of these guys and girls ?

Jerry Johnson was Bobby Johnson's brother, they both rode with that club. It was the all makes club as the other one was the H-D sponsored club. Bobby "J" as he was called was an Indian dealer in the late '50s selling all the Brockhurst stuff. He went on to be a Yamaha dealer (where I bought my first new bike as a kid). All the folks are gone these days, even Bobby's son Stanley recently died and Jerry's son Verne died vintage racing about ten years ago..
This was the H-D club sponsored by Charlie Pinkard of Albuquerque.

[1950Panhead]

Robbie,
Thanks for the story.
Someone in that club owned the 37UL.
They may have sold it and bought another motorcycle or the family sold it when the owner passed away.
My grandfather's brother owned motorcycles in the 30's 40's 50's.
That generation passed away forty years ago, then the next generation passed away.
Life is a temporary situation for sure.
If the old timers could see their $100 motorcycle sell for $45k !

[1950Panhead]

Alburquerque Indian
Looks like a 48 or 49 pan by the window

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[RUBONE]

The Albuquerque Motorcycle Club clubhouse still exists. It is a rental property owned by the heirs of Charlie Pinkard.

[Mongrel505558]

Interesting looking building.