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The Crocker Motorcycle Company is an American manufacturer, based in Los Angeles, California, founded by Albert Crocker.Located at 1346 Venice Blvd, Crocker produced a series of kits and whole motorcycles between 1931 and 1941: an overhead-valve conversion kit for the Indian 101 Scout motor (1932), a single-cylinder speedway racer (1934), powerful V-twin road motorcycles (1936–40), and the ...
The 1942 Crocker Big-Tank Twin motorcycle being presented by Gooding & Company. - Credit: Brian Henniker, courtesy of Gooding & Company. Brian Henniker, courtesy of Gooding & Company.
Previous models have sold for the cost of 10 Harley bikes!
However, as Crocker was producing during the height of the Depression, it became increasingly difficult for him to manufacture vehicles in small quantities, and in 1942 he abandoned production of motorcycles altogether. Al Crockers son worked in the Crocker Motorcycle factory machining oil pumps and other parts on weekends and between School.
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The 1910s has their share of expensive historic motorcycles sold at auction, especially the brands Cyclone and Flying Merkel. [2] A 1915 Cyclone Board Track Racer went for US$852,500 at an auction in 2015, one of the just 12 that survived; another of this model sold for $551,200 in 2008. [ 2 ]
Julian Crocker, seen here in a 2014 photo, served as San Luis Obispo County superintendent of schools for 16 years. He died on Nov. 9, 2023, at age 81.
After it ended, he re-joined the 13 Rebels. In 1946, he had his membership stripped from him by the other members after an incident at a quarter-mile race in San Diego where he got bored and drunk. He drove his own motorcycle through a wooden gate onto the racetrack, around the track, and eventually lost control. [3]