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Met with 2 former AATV dealers from the 1970's!
Amphiman1 and I ventured out into Pennsylvania today to find some more 6 wheelers for our collections. What a fun adventure this turned out to be! There was a very active Attex and Max dealer on the NY/PA border that I picked up quite few machines and parts from a few years back and I figured we should try our luck and see if there were any more machines or parts out there that we could find. We stopped at first place where they sold Max and Attex. The former dealer's sister talked to us a while and I told her how I (and some of my friends) were able use the parts and restore the machines that they sold me the last time I visited them a couple years ago. She told us that there was another Attex dealer not too far down the road one town over and she gave us directions.
We later found out that this dealer was run by two families and they lived close to each other so we figured that it wouldn't hurt to talk to both of them. They both actually still kept in touch over the years and they couldn't believe that people were actually still into 6 wheelers. We told them about the website and how the races at Pine Lake in Ashtabula with Bud Fischer went on last May. The first place we stopped at the gentleman and his wife told us how they had saved all of the old dealer literature, pictures, company info, promo stuff, and even videos of the races at Pine Lake. They were thrilled to hear that the races were happening again and couldn't wait to come by and watch them again. We asked them if we could conduct an interview for 6x6World and they happily agreed. We exchanged phone numbers, emails, and of course refered them to 6x6World.com.
The gentlemen was all excited when Steve and I told him about all of our 6 wheelers and how we raced at Ashtabula and Steve's vintage springer racer that he acquired not too long ago (The Country Bumpkin, of course). He asked us if we could locate a Chaparral 6x6 or an Attex 208TT for him. They then told us how to get to the partner of the dealership and suggested we talk to them as well. It was also mentioned that they knew where more Attexes were and that the partners had two Attexes still in their garage.
Off we went to visit them. And oddly enough, right in town at a pawn shop was a newer camo Max IV. Anyways, this gentleman and his wife invited us in and were amazed that we were there to talk about 6 wheelers as well. They too thought nobody was interested in them anymore and were thrilled to talk about them with us. We chatted for quite a while about the machines, being a dealer, and the adventures that they took them on, like how they floated them in the river with their kids and fished out of the machines. They also taught us about the purpose of the rubber bumpers on the frame that are near the rods that connect the sticks to the T-20 on 2nd generation Attexes are for. You actually adjusted them so that if you were going fast or descending a hill you didn't pull the sticks back too far and too fast and lock up the T-20 and roll the machine forward. They also had 2 machines from their dealership, a 252 Colt and a 295 Wild Wolf. They also told us the locations of other machines that people had sitting around that they might want to sell. More 6 wheelers is always good. They said that they wanted to restore the 252 Colt back to original condition, but weren't sure how to find parts to do it. We gladly offered to help and spread the word here on the site.
We will be going back to speak to everyone again because they all happily agreed to do an interview for 6x6World. If anyone would be interested in asking these former AATV dealers a question for the interview, please post them up and I will be more than happy to pass them along to them.
We later found out that this dealer was run by two families and they lived close to each other so we figured that it wouldn't hurt to talk to both of them. They both actually still kept in touch over the years and they couldn't believe that people were actually still into 6 wheelers. We told them about the website and how the races at Pine Lake in Ashtabula with Bud Fischer went on last May. The first place we stopped at the gentleman and his wife told us how they had saved all of the old dealer literature, pictures, company info, promo stuff, and even videos of the races at Pine Lake. They were thrilled to hear that the races were happening again and couldn't wait to come by and watch them again. We asked them if we could conduct an interview for 6x6World and they happily agreed. We exchanged phone numbers, emails, and of course refered them to 6x6World.com.
The gentlemen was all excited when Steve and I told him about all of our 6 wheelers and how we raced at Ashtabula and Steve's vintage springer racer that he acquired not too long ago (The Country Bumpkin, of course). He asked us if we could locate a Chaparral 6x6 or an Attex 208TT for him. They then told us how to get to the partner of the dealership and suggested we talk to them as well. It was also mentioned that they knew where more Attexes were and that the partners had two Attexes still in their garage. Off we went to visit them. And oddly enough, right in town at a pawn shop was a newer camo Max IV. Anyways, this gentleman and his wife invited us in and were amazed that we were there to talk about 6 wheelers as well. They too thought nobody was interested in them anymore and were thrilled to talk about them with us. We chatted for quite a while about the machines, being a dealer, and the adventures that they took them on, like how they floated them in the river with their kids and fished out of the machines. They also taught us about the purpose of the rubber bumpers on the frame that are near the rods that connect the sticks to the T-20 on 2nd generation Attexes are for. You actually adjusted them so that if you were going fast or descending a hill you didn't pull the sticks back too far and too fast and lock up the T-20 and roll the machine forward. They also had 2 machines from their dealership, a 252 Colt and a 295 Wild Wolf. They also told us the locations of other machines that people had sitting around that they might want to sell.
More 6 wheelers is always good. They said that they wanted to restore the 252 Colt back to original condition, but weren't sure how to find parts to do it. We gladly offered to help and spread the word here on the site. We will be going back to speak to everyone again because they all happily agreed to do an interview for 6x6World. If anyone would be interested in asking these former AATV dealers a question for the interview, please post them up and I will be more than happy to pass them along to them.
if it don't float with out you getting wet . don't bring it ! 
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