Crate Bike (Triumph TR7) unearthed at Crown Surplus after 50+ years of storage.

There were rumours of those bikes around in the 1960s but I never actually heard of anyone getting one.
 
I remember when Princess Auto in Winnipeg was offering WWII Harley 45's in the crate for .... the princely sum of $300 !!!!
 
gaff said:
this is only a publicity stunt to try and get more customers in the door. when your suffering advertise more. LOL
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Do not think so, I would kill for the opportunity of poking around there for a couple of hours. Can think of a bunch of gems that came out of there. Talking genuine surplus store, going back to the early 60s here, Gordies dad started the business . Stuff they sell now is for the Yuppy Weekend warriors. Laurie Skreslets, the Everest climber spent a good of his real working life :). working for Gordie and is still a good friend I gather. Remember when Gordie bought a Churchill tank, made the paper when they drove it from the railway station.

Grizz
 
Grizzly Adams said:
Do not think so, I would kill for the opportunity of poking around there for a couple of hours. Can think of a bunch of gems that came out of there. Talking genuine surplus store, going back to the early 60s here, Gordies dad started the business . Stuff they sell now is for the Yuppy Weekend warriors. Laurie Skreslets, the Everest climber spent a good of his real working life :). working for Gordie and is still a good friend I gather. Remember when Gordie bought a Churchill tank, made the paper when they drove it from the railway station.

Grizz
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Gord had every thing in that store, and on the property inventoried. in around 1995, and thats when his kids started changing everything, and running the store.
 
I had one of the TRW's still in the crate, back in the eighties. I couldn'the make up my mind whether to keep it or ride it. I eventually sold it to a military collector from Erie, PA who was going to keep it in the back of his Canadian military truck. A chum has one with about sixty miles on it and I've ridden it. The suspension is a couple of springs under the seat, so the ride is interesting.
 
Sharps '63 said:
I remember when Princess Auto in Winnipeg was offering WWII Harley 45's in the crate for .... the princely sum of $300 !!!!
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A friend of mine bought one of those and still has it! He did however sporterize it a bit at some point and now it's being stored at an undisclosed location.

I'll have to ask him about it next time I see him.
 
I sure as heck would not turn down a shot at a brand new TRW in the crate....I was looking at a very used one of these yesterday at a motorcycle meet.

I've been hearing of these crate bikes for a long time.
 
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