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Sunday's Show and Tell...5/4/25
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DaytonandElgin
I live for the CABE
Ran across images linked to Read Viemeister (1922-1993), the Yellow Springs, Ohio designer behind the Huffy-Radiobike, 1950s. (Yellow Springs is 19 miles east-northeast of Dayton.)
Born in Baltimore, Viemeister (b&w headshot) had a polio disability. He graduated from the Pratt Institute in New York, 1943, moved to Yellow Springs in 1946, and opened Vie Design Studios in a converted chicken coop.
In 1947, Viemeister was the creative director of a team that developed the ill-fated Tucker car, championed by Preston Tucker (1903-1956).
Read Viemeister obtained a patent for his bicycle radio concept on June 12, 1956, after Huffy-Radiobike was already on the market.
Tucker Viemeister (b. Aug. 14, 1948), seen here in a color photo, followed in his dad's footsteps.
"I was named after a car. I had to become an industrial designer," Tucker said in 2024.
(Industrial Designers Society of America, Rowena Group, AutoEvolution.com, and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.)
Born in Baltimore, Viemeister (b&w headshot) had a polio disability. He graduated from the Pratt Institute in New York, 1943, moved to Yellow Springs in 1946, and opened Vie Design Studios in a converted chicken coop.
In 1947, Viemeister was the creative director of a team that developed the ill-fated Tucker car, championed by Preston Tucker (1903-1956).
Read Viemeister obtained a patent for his bicycle radio concept on June 12, 1956, after Huffy-Radiobike was already on the market.
Tucker Viemeister (b. Aug. 14, 1948), seen here in a color photo, followed in his dad's footsteps.
"I was named after a car. I had to become an industrial designer," Tucker said in 2024.
(Industrial Designers Society of America, Rowena Group, AutoEvolution.com, and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.)
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buck hughes
I live for the CABE
OLD BICYCLE--28" bike
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Thanks for sharing another great piece of history , I live just west of Dayton, Ohio , I don't think most people realize all the great inventors & history in the Dayton Ohio area , also Yellow Springs is a very neat little town I love going there to ride my bicycle & just hanging out there.
Junkman Bob
Cruisin' on my Bluebird
Over 200 sport magazines from late 1940s /Early 1950s … over 100 of the 54 world of wheels cards ….There available
bikesnbuses
Riding a '38 Autocycle Deluxe
I bought this Rollfast back from my friend (Who did my "Redbird paint and Robin fenders)
And another BIG lot of NOS New Departure parts to fill my "new" ND cabinet! Ebay score
Only bummer was the Mongoose/BMX products headset box was empty..
And another BIG lot of NOS New Departure parts to fill my "new" ND cabinet! Ebay score
Only bummer was the Mongoose/BMX products headset box was empty..the infamous "colorado auction bike" i got it home a week or so ago and have it apart cleaning everything. nothing other than soap and wax for the paint. and a little 0000 steel wool and wd40 for the chrome. every nut and bolt is original and hadnt been taken apart once in its life before being sent to me. so i want to keep it as original as possible. it was my mothers birth year as well so i have a fondness for it. i used to collect bikes on a large scale but sold my last one a few years ago now. this was the exact model and year i wanted as my single dream bike. no collecting. just one to ride and cherish. thats why i bought it even with the highly contested way it was sold. 1940 schwinn autocycle deluxe
Glenn Rhein
Cruisin' on my Bluebird
Two Packard hood ornaments , pre-war western flyer and a nice deco cast-iron light fixture
Freqman1
Riding a '37 Dayton Super Streamline
Last Sunday I was at Monroe gathering more treasures so this is my MLC/Monroe haul. Not a lot of stuff but I was happy for spending a great week with my dad just doing "guy" stuff!
I picked up a '37 Huffman built Airflyte Model 4T Motorbike from Edwin @my560sec
I picked up a Phantom re-issue from Joe @bikeman76. I have about seven original Phantoms but wanted a shiny rider so this fits the bill.
Even though I'm not a Sting Ray collector I've always wanted a first year bike. Finding a '63 nowadays without breaking the bank is a tough chore but Pete @onecatahula was able to hook me up with this decent Lime.
This '40 Columbia E19T was something of an impulse buy at Monroe but I spent yesterday going through it and it is a really nice rider.
Of course I had to adda few tricycles
Some smalls, tires, Harley Models, and a Krate banner
Lastly, I won runner-up at Monroe for Classic Bike of the Year with my '38 Shelby Airflo. When I got home my First Place tag from the Antique Automobile Club of America was waiting on me for my win at Charlotte with my '57 Sportster.
I picked up a '37 Huffman built Airflyte Model 4T Motorbike from Edwin @my560sec
I picked up a Phantom re-issue from Joe @bikeman76. I have about seven original Phantoms but wanted a shiny rider so this fits the bill.
Even though I'm not a Sting Ray collector I've always wanted a first year bike. Finding a '63 nowadays without breaking the bank is a tough chore but Pete @onecatahula was able to hook me up with this decent Lime.
This '40 Columbia E19T was something of an impulse buy at Monroe but I spent yesterday going through it and it is a really nice rider.
Of course I had to adda few tricycles
Some smalls, tires, Harley Models, and a Krate banner
Lastly, I won runner-up at Monroe for Classic Bike of the Year with my '38 Shelby Airflo. When I got home my First Place tag from the Antique Automobile Club of America was waiting on me for my win at Charlotte with my '57 Sportster.
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