robb

I remember Puch mopeds from when I was a teenager. I always loved stuff like that, my Dad's boss had two mopeds one was a velosolex which had the engine mounted over the front tire it was good for about 20 miles an hour the other was a motobecane mobylette 50 cc that was a real hot rod good for 30 m.p.h.! It was a lot of fun for a 14 year old kid. We would occasionally stay overnight at the house and after the gate the road was private and it was about a half mile or so loop so I would do lap after lap lots of good memories. Lainey would be familiar with the area it's Converse Point.

Scooterboy

Sears sold all manners of two wheeled vehicles. I have several old catalogs that show them. The vespa' they sold were the previous years model from Vespa. So my '57 Allstate was really a '56 Vespa. It gets confusing at times!

tof

At one time Sears sold cars of their own manufacture.


There was a time when Sears sold houses. They were delivered in kit form to your local railroad freight depot.

boltonblue

ponder this for a moment.
the only difference between Sears and Amazon is about 100 years.

Scooterboy

We had several Sears houses near my last house!

boltonblue

It was fun to watch golf on TV again.
players carrying their own bags, no caddies, no 5 minutes in hte notes booklet.
pull out the range finder. pull out a club, hit the ball.
go find the ball.
rinse wash repeat.

I could get use to this.

tof

Wow. Cool. I heard a podcast recentlyh, probably 99% Invisible, described them and interviewed several enthusiasts who are crisscrossing the country identifying still standing examples.

Scooterboy

Most of the people that owned them knew what they have. My late wife and I looked to buy one of them years ago but it wasn't in great shape and the owner wanted way too much for the condition.

dlq04

What! You were thinking of buying a Sear store? Did I miss something.

Emil St-Hilaire