Eric, I don't know if I ever told you that Shorty Tompkins sold me Frank Murray's old shop lathe that Magri sold to him. It was a 12 foot long cast iron Hendee ( not the motocycle company ) that Shorty said came around the "Horn" on a tall ship in the early 1900's. It had a 12" face plate, it would take 1" material down it's throat, was belt drive and had a Studebaker transmission mounted on it. I used it for a couple of years but it was to big for my "T" street garage so it went to a young man in Redding who just got out of a gunsmithing school. He was tickled pink. It came with all kinds of tooling to bore blind "J" cylinders etc. Very cool! It just dripped history.
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Originally posted by RichO View PostEric, I don't know if I ever told you that Shorty Tompkins sold me Frank Murray's old shop lathe that Magri sold to him. It was a 12 foot long cast iron Hendee ( not the motocycle company ) that Shorty said came around the "Horn" on a tall ship in the early 1900's. It had a 12" face plate, it would take 1" material down it's throat, was belt drive and had a Studebaker transmission mounted on it. I used it for a couple of years but it was to big for my "T" street garage so it went to a young man in Redding who just got out of a gunsmithing school. He was tickled pink. It came with all kinds of tooling to bore blind "J" cylinders etc. Very cool! It just dripped history.
Mac Johnston and Heck Van Guilder at Frank J. Murray Harley-Davidson in Sacramento, 1920s.jpgEric Olson
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That's so cool that it was in your possession for a while Rich. I hope it's still hard at work cranking out machined parts. I'm betting that picture was taken at the original 508 J Street location, and was the back of the store. I think this is the front:
Service department at Frank Murray Harley-Davidson, Sacramento, 1920s 1.jpg
And I'm betting this is that same lathe on the left of the picture at the 815 12th Street location. I think it's the same legs (you tell me, Rich), and it looks like it's still being belt driven along with the other shop tools.
Service department, Frank J Murray Harley-Davidson, Sacramento, 1920s.jpg
Service department at Frank Murray Harley-Davidson, Sacramento, 1920s 2.jpg This is another shot of the bench across the back wall.Eric Olson
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My grandfather had a early 1900's Hendey lathe at one time. A Beautiful Machine.
https://youtu.be/oeUSm7HJCeE?si=EUp9zF2EMnzHB5Yi<==== Very good documentary on the history of Hendey~~if you've got the time.
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A few more from the Frank and Gladys Murray scrapbook
1919 Harley Dealers conference.jpg 1919 Harley Dealers conference
1919 Harley Dealers conference in San Francisco.jpg Outside at the 1919 Harley Dealers conference in San Francisco.
A crowd of motorcycles on J Street, Sacramento, 1920s.jpg A crowd of motorcycles on J Street, Sacramento
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A 1923 oe 24 Harley-Davidson, Sacramento.jpgEric Olson
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Arch Rite, in first place after 37 hours, during a Sacramento Endurance Run, early 1920s.jpg Arch Rite, in first place after 37 hours, during a Sacramento Endurance Run, early 1920s
From Frank Murray's old scrapbook. An endurance run contestant from the 1920s, Sacramento.jpg
Endurance run contestants, Sacramento, 1920s.jpg
PATSPE~2.JPG Pat Speer was a mechanic for Dud Perkins' San Francisco Harley-Davidson dealership. Here he is in Sacramento about to enter an endurance run.
Sacramento Harley dealer Frank Murray, right, with unidentified man, 1920s resize.jpg Sacramento Harley dealer Frank Murray, right, with unidentified man behind the dealershipEric Olson
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Eric, Pat Speer and his brother Finnigan built some of the baddest two-cammed JDH cutdowns ever built. Pat also manufactured heavy duty frame tables for many marques of motorcycles and all the fixtures needed for motorcycle shops. Joe Petrali went to work for Archie Rife when he was just 14 years old. Archie's shop was called the Harley Shop but he was an Indian dealer down in Chinatown on I st. Go figure! Joe joined the Capitol City m/c when he was 14 and became their Secretary.DrSprocket
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Originally posted by RichO View PostEric, Pat Speer and his brother Finnigan built some of the baddest two-cammed JDH cutdowns ever built. Pat also manufactured heavy duty frame tables for many marques of motorcycles and all the fixtures needed for motorcycle shops. Joe Petrali went to work for Archie Rife when he was just 14 years old. Archie's shop was called the Harley Shop but he was an Indian dealer down in Chinatown on I st. Go figure! Joe joined the Capitol City m/c when he was 14 and became their Secretary.
Dud Perkins' mechanic Pat Speer, 5th from left, at an event in Sacramento, 1920s, photo by Frank Murray.jpg Dud Perkins' mechanic Pat Speer, 5th from left, at an event in Sacramento, 1920s, photo by Frank Murray
Finnegan Speer.jpg Finnegan Speer on a hillclimber
I think this might be Joe Petrali's Speedway racer..jpg
Joe Petrali's Speedway racer
Here is a photograph that Frank Murray took of racer Joe Petrali on a 37 UL in front of Murray's Sacramento Harley-Davidson dealership.jpg Here is a photograph that Frank Murray took of racer Joe Petrali on a 37 UL in front of Murray's Sacramento Harley-Davidson dealershipEric Olson
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And speaking about cutdowns and hillclimbers, from the Murray collection here is George Faulders doing some hillclimbing
2 cam racer of hill climber George Faulders.jpg
Hillclimber George Faulders and unidentified man arriving at Paradise Hill, Washington, 1920s.jpg
George Faulders and unidentified man arriving at Paradise Hill, Washington, 1920s
Hillclimber George Faulders, Paradise Hill, Washington.jpg Hillclimber George Faulders, Paradise Hill, Washington
Unknown hillclimber (George Faulders maybe), somewhere in California, 1920s, photo by Frank Murray.jpgPossibly George Faulders hillclimbing somewhere in California, 1920s, photo by Frank MurrayEric Olson
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A few more of Frank Murray and his wife Gladys
Frank and Gladys Murray on a Pope, 1910s.jpg Frank and Gladys Murray on a Pope
Frank and Gladys Murray, Sacramento's Harley-Davidson dealers from 1919-1950.jpg
Frank and Gladys Murray in front of Folsom prison.jpg Frank and Gladys Murray in front of Folsom prison
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Frank and Gladys Murray..jpgEric Olson
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Frank and Gladys Murray and another couple at Pismo Beach for the California State Motorcycle Rally, 1926.jpg Frank and Gladys Murray and another couple at Pismo Beach for the California State Motorcycle Rally, 1926
Frank and Gladys Murray and another couple above Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe, 1920s.jpg Frank and Gladys Murray and another couple above Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe
Frank and Gladys Murray with another couple, near Fort Brag, 1920s.jpg Frank and Gladys Murray with another couple near Fort Bragg, California
A snow run in the Sierras, 1920s style. Sacramento Harley-Davidson dealers Frank and Gladys Murray and friends.jpg A snow run in the Sierras, 1920s style. Sacramento Harley-Davidson dealers Frank and Gladys Murray and friends
Frank and Gladys Murray, accompanied by another couple in a sidecar, near Fort Bragg, California, 1920s.jpg Frank and Gladys Murray, accompanied by another couple in a sidecar, near Fort Bragg, CaliforniaEric Olson
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Frank and Gladys Murray and an unidentified couple at the Donner Party Monument, near Truckee, California, 1920s..jpg
Frank and Gladys Murray and an unidentified couple at the Donner Party Monument, near Truckee, California
Frank and Gladys Murray at Yosemite, on their Harley-Davidson sidecar, 1920s.jpg
Frank and Gladys Murray at Yosemite
Frank and Gladys Murray and friends at a field meet, 1920s.jpg Frank and Gladys Murray and friends at a field meet
Ride up to Riverton on Highway 50. Photo by Frank Murray.jpg Ride up to Riverton on Highway 50. Photo by Frank Murray
GL1932~1.JPG How's this for a reversal? Gladys riding the Pope with Frank on the back!Eric Olson
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