Melroe's Place?
09 /23/09
Everyone always says that personality is a lot more
important than looks. Well for whatever that is worth
this month’s post is right on point. Allow me to
introduce to the world the Melroe bobcat owned,
operated and wrenched on by the purveyor of Memphis
Surplus. This Bobcat is ALL personality.
This gem never had the opportunity for the exposure provided by the internet. When this 62-64 Melroe was purchased out of the junkyard in the mid seventies never did the owner think it would make to 1.) a Lake Erie Island and 2.) on to the web via The Memphis Surplus crack social media staff. She boasts a 76 Horsepower cooled engine with a 2200lb capacity.
In what the owner says is a combination of two old time horror classics Abbot and Costello meet Frankenstein and The Creature from the Black Lagoon the bobcat has seen it fair share of mad mechanic jerry rigging and terrifies neighbors like the infamous gillman from the old time classic.
So to keep his own little frankenstein rolling he’s taken the time over the years to add some bits and pieces. New (salvage) hydraulic lines from WWII military surplus allow the hydraulics do lifting, Mallory Marine plugs and wires (you guessed it from memphis surplus) keep that engine a firing, and the crown gem is the Harley Davidson exhaust on the back. Asked if his hearing was a concern, he responded “my goal is to make this thing so loud it will open the gates to hell” “what do i care, I’m half deaf anyway and what do i need to hear inside the house for its just my wife and the girls.”
This gem never had the opportunity for the exposure provided by the internet. When this 62-64 Melroe was purchased out of the junkyard in the mid seventies never did the owner think it would make to 1.) a Lake Erie Island and 2.) on to the web via The Memphis Surplus crack social media staff. She boasts a 76 Horsepower cooled engine with a 2200lb capacity.
In what the owner says is a combination of two old time horror classics Abbot and Costello meet Frankenstein and The Creature from the Black Lagoon the bobcat has seen it fair share of mad mechanic jerry rigging and terrifies neighbors like the infamous gillman from the old time classic.
So to keep his own little frankenstein rolling he’s taken the time over the years to add some bits and pieces. New (salvage) hydraulic lines from WWII military surplus allow the hydraulics do lifting, Mallory Marine plugs and wires (you guessed it from memphis surplus) keep that engine a firing, and the crown gem is the Harley Davidson exhaust on the back. Asked if his hearing was a concern, he responded “my goal is to make this thing so loud it will open the gates to hell” “what do i care, I’m half deaf anyway and what do i need to hear inside the house for its just my wife and the girls.”
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