As Puzzler will say , I grew up riding the old mans Johnson .......
and getting parts in the early 80’s was already getting scarce .
And I wanted to move into a newer sled , now being in the appliance bidness, there was always stuff kicking around . And I was working with my dad already , so I said I think I could get people to trade for a sled . He said , you fix it , you find the deal , make the deal , you fix the sled , and you got a deal . I was 14 I think .
So I would cold call people in the buy and sell and super shopper and try to make deals , and I did . Started out with 4500’s , sonic, Escapade and few others , went through a few , fix and flip , until I was able to buy a 90 mach , free and clear . Learned a lot on wrenchin them . Every sled was restored , and would sell easy .
Was a lot of fun .