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Old Nov 16, 2009 | 08:50 PM
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Originally Posted by schumacher
one of my old mini bikes was a Sears.
was like this one:
They sure looked alot bigger when I was 9 yoa!!
 
Old Nov 17, 2009 | 12:07 AM
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Some good history there guys, were all these in the Sears catalog ?

I don't think I've seen the catalog since being a youngster in the sixty's.

About all I remember of it was toys and women posing in there underwear.
 
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Neat,, sears was a big store in the 50's....

I remember they had the best Christmas displays in town,, expressily the Lionel trains... man, they must have been a mile of tracks running all over......
 
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I had a 7.5HP Sears boat motor on a jon boat......
 
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Originally Posted by High Gear
...I don't think I've seen the catalog since being a youngster in the sixty's.

About all I remember of it was toys and women posing in there underwear.

Ahh. Yes. I forgot all about that. Man, haven't we come a long ways.
 
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