A. D. Farrow Co. Harley-Davidson in Columbus, Ohio, was founded in February of 1912 and is recognized as the oldest continuously operating Harley-Davidson dealer in America by the Harley-Davidson Motor Company. You can visit A. D. Farrow Co.'s website (www.adfarrow.com) to see a video made by Harley-Davidson documenting the claim. Furthermore, in response to a letter to the editor with the same question, the Enthusiast magazine, the official magazine of the Harley-Davidson Motor Co., wrote "A.D. Farrow in Columbus, Ohio, is recognized as the oldest continuously operated H-D dealer in the world, having begun selling the brand in Feburary 1912. Kegel Motor Co., of Rockford, Ill., which opened its doors March 1912, is the oldest under continuous ownership" (Enthusiast, Fall 2008, pg. 8).
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Harley Davidson was founded by William Harley and Arthur Davidson in Wisconsin. The world famous motorcycle company started in 1903.
Harley Davidson motorcycle and a bomb used during World War 2
A tariff is a tax on imports A protective Tariff is a tax on imports to protect an industry in your country by making the imported goods more expensive and less attractive to the consumer. A successful use of this can be seen in the history of Harley Davidson Motorcycles.
Some OHV Knuckleheads were produced for the war effort but the overwhelming majority of Harleys used were 45ci flathead WLA models. Figures conflict, but the factory claims to have made more than 80,000 WLAs during WWII.
i work for harley and were told over a million and growing