From: | Doug Strange | e-mail: | AMCAdoug@aol.com |
Subject: | RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: 1924 ACE Four Motorcycle up for Auction in May | Date: | Thu Apr 16 21:47:14 2015 |
Response to: | 5671 |
Here's me kissing the Ace factory. Red Wolverton and Doc Patt were with me that day. Have a photo of Red on Doc's EXP4 in front of the building. The place was a chop shop that last I heard. ----- ORIGINAL MESSAGE FOLLOWS ----- That's a great story Doug. I hope they have an info sheet with the 6 day trials stuff at the clubhouse. I will definitely go over there next week. Thanks ----- ORIGINAL MESSAGE FOLLOWS ----- Charlie Cole was the Ace dealer in Reading, PA. I got the bike directly from him through his nephew. I was visiting Charlie one day and he didn't answer his door. As I was leaving, his nephew drove up and told me Charlie was in the nursing home following a fall down his cellar steps. He said the Ace would be sold and I threw my hat in the ring then walked down the street to visit Charlie in the nursing home. When I left, the nephew was standing by the doorway, listening the whole time. As I was not harrassing Charlie about his bike when I was there, his nephew told me the bike was mine. Bill Patt and I picked up the Ace. There was so much dealer inventory included that following Bill in his pickup with the Ace onboard, you could only see the bike's tail light. The nephew called me later and gave me all of Charlie's trophies, including Indian, Henderson, Hardley and Ace. Some of the relatives wanted the trophies but the nephew saw that I got them. Charlie also had a box of medallions that one of his relatives got a hold of, and later they died and in the house clean out, they were retrieved. Many of them, including his Six Days Trials medallion were sold to the Reading Motorcycle Club and are on display in the clubhouse (visit RMC during Oley and check them out). A few others also escaped my. That was a shame. The guy wouldn't sell them to me and I explained that I only wanted to keep Charlie's awards together. The nephew also phoned me one night during a blizzard saying he put a bag of old magazines on Charlies porch. I drove through the blizzard and retrieved the bag that night. They were all Motorcycling & Bicycling Illustrated from the 1920's and Ace & Henderson catalogs. I often wonder what else I missed. I found some clutch plates in one of the trash cans. the best thing in Charlie's basement (besides all the dealer inventory) was his #16 plates that his Ace wore in the Six Days Trial (he got a perfect score, along with Red Wolverton)0 ----- ORIGINAL MESSAGE FOLLOWS ----- Hey Doug, Give us a short history of your fantastic bike and the relevance of all those trophies. Barry ----- ORIGINAL MESSAGE FOLLOWS ----- The front end is definitely Henderson. Ace has straight fork legs. My 1923 Charlie Cole Ace. ACEdoug ----- ORIGINAL MESSAGE FOLLOWS ----- This is pic from that auction site... Looks like a Deluxe Front end... Not Ace. But I am no expert. Is this front end correct? ----- ORIGINAL MESSAGE FOLLOWS ----- Hi I am just letting you all know their is a 1924 ACE Four Motorcycle up for Auction in May.I have attached the link. http://www.shannons.com.au/auctions/2015-shannons-sydney- late-autumn-classic-auction/ Auction Details 2015 Shannon’s Sydney Late Autumn Classic Auction 18th May 2015 Thank you |