Treasure trove of Bonanza insider materials

[JohnnyTillotson]

Blueprints, slides, adverting and letters from Tecumseh execs.... Cool as all hell.

Vintage Bonanza Mini Bike Blue Prints Paperwork Photos More | eBay

I'm serious when i say this, i would contribute a nice chunk of change if others from this board did so as well just so a cool document dump like this was obtained and shared amongst us Golden God's of the Minibike hobby freely. I dont even have a Bonanza!

Have your people call my people...

 

[capguncowboy]

The letters from Lauson are a nice touch to the collection. Provenance like that rarely comes available. I'm not a Bonanza guy, but stuff like this is just too cool. My inner-nerd is freaking out

 

[CarPlayLB]

I would be in as well, but only if it goes to a safe place like the homes of Markus or KustomKartKid

 

[Twid]

I would be in as well, but only if it goes to a safe place like the homes of Markus or KustomKartKid

I'd throw $100 in if one of them got it as well.

On a side note does anyone know wear I could get a bonanza badge?

 

[JohnnyTillotson]

I would do $100 too.

 

[chipper]

seems to me this stuff surfaced over a year ago , must not have sold or new owner is upping the antee ??

 

[Ajf]

I'd contribute. I'd love to see some of those blue prints. There needs to be a mini bike museum for super rare mini bike items. I offered the guy $600 6 months ago but he declined.

 

[JohnnyTillotson]

I would imagine somewhere in the bowels of a company like MTD's archives there lies something like this. Or Sears especially. Its interesting stuff.

 

[Thad]

They have a fair sized collection of mini bikes at the national motorcycle museum in Anamosa Iowa. That would be a great place to get something like that. If you ever end up in eastern Iowa, western Illinois, western Wisconsin or southern Minnesota it's worth the trip. Lots of stuff there. Seems to get bigger everytime. You gotta look high for the mini's though.