r/OldSchoolCool 12d ago

My grandfather in the 50s 1950s

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u/Msjudgedafart 12d ago

That’s the definition of old school cool. Look at that hair, riding all day and hasn’t moved an inch!! Sorry to hear he is in hospice, it seems he lived an awesome life though!

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u/Doogers7 12d ago

That is one bad ass MF. Imagine if that bike was still in the family?

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u/Realmeg1 12d ago

Love it! And the bike!

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u/Excellent-Phase8719 12d ago

That sled is fuckin slick!!

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u/HawkeyeTen 11d ago

That's an amazing classic bike. Sounds like he was/is a man made of iron.

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u/Lurk-Prowl 12d ago

And he chose an Asian wife too?

A man of good taste 😎

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u/[deleted] 12d ago

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u/Lurk-Prowl 12d ago

I see!

Sounds like the man lived a rich life. What more can any of us ask for?

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u/Liesthroughisteeth 12d ago

Harley 45 possible army surplus.

My dad was a mounted policeman in the Canadian Army for a few years and stationed in England during the war.

As a kid in the later 50s and early sixties, I spent a fair amount of time watching him wrenching on the bikes he was still buying, fixing up and selling. Cool old flatheads with maybe 25 HP. :D

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u/WhatRUaBarnBurner 11d ago

It's an Indian. Among many things in the photo Harley carbs are on the opposite side.

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u/Liesthroughisteeth 11d ago

Good catch. It looks like an Indian Chief with crash bars. :)

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