57 police saddlebags

[c.o.]

Pretty cool pic kurly!

[Chris Haynes]

I spent some time searching for Paul Wheeler on the web in association with motorcycles and Harleys. I found several references to a collector and restorer named Paul Wheeler in Van Nuys, CA. I tried to locate him in the phone book using anywho.com with no luck.

I would think that he's and AMCA member so somebody must know how to contact him, or maybe the AMCA mothership can give you contact info for him.

Have you tried looking in your AMCA roster?

[Chris Haynes]

My '57 was a Racine WI Sheriff bike. Racine is the next county south of Milwaukee. Jerry "Red" Walsh is shown at work. The pictures of the radio rack (which I presently have off the bike) are of the style used in the Racine area in '57. Red passed away a couple of years ago, but his son also a retired Racine County Sheriff might be helpful in specific details. I hope this helps. Kurly

Those are the earlier type mounts for the FM Receiver.

[JSL]

The radio carrier in the photos is the 41 and later RCA\GE recieve only carrier. The earlier one mounted the power supply and reciever higher on the cycle. You see photos of the late RCA\GE carriers used with the Avia and Link Vetric radios which are two way radios in 49 to well late 50's like kurly's photo. It is a two way radio but still the small boxes unlike the Motorola boxes which are longer. You can find the hardtail Motorola carriers and the Motorola boxes were remade at one time by Raymond Miller in North Carolina and the control heads are around. The two way radios used a lots of power so you saw the big battery with its support and oiltank come into use. It is not easy when it comes to police radios. I almost forgot about the radio suppression equipment....

[JSL]

The radio carrier in the photos is the 41 and later RCA\GE recieve only carrier. The earlier one mounted the power supply and reciever higher on the cycle. You see photos of the late RCA\GE carriers used with the Avia and Link Vetric radios which are two way radios in 49 to well late 50's like kurly's photo. It is a two way radio but still the small boxes unlike the Motorola boxes which are longer. You can find the hardtail Motorola carriers and the Motorola boxes were remade at one time by Raymond Miller in North Carolina and the control heads are around. The two way radios used a lots of power so you saw the big battery with its support and oiltank come into use. It is not easy when it comes to police radios. I almost forgot about the radio suppression equipment....