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in so a four page typed list with photos taped onto it was copied and mailed out tom and jim produced sissybars and a few other items in the garage while buying the other items that were offered rose processed the orders and banked the money tom jim and a neighbor boy robert k smith that helped work on the cars and bikes as well as the photo shoots did the packaging and shipping to avoid opening a new account for what was to be a temporary venture the money was deposited into the existing auto electric engineering account tom was still selling some wiring kits that had been created in 1963 when he had opened auto electric engineering with his partner carl sulkey the custom wiring business lasted about a year before they both moved on to other ventures by february of 1968 tom s injuries had healed sufficiently to allow his return to the work force the orders had picked up to the point that a regular place of business was needed jim had been laid off from his aerospace job in a slowdown and was available full time so they rented a building unit in buena park ca and moved the business there from the garage tom and jim ran the shop retail counter and shipping while rose took and processed orders purchasing and took care of the bookkeeping they were having trouble purchasing fork extensions custom and raked tripletrees handlebar risers foot pegs and other machined parts so they located a couple of machinists that had a small garage machine shop operation the two produced parts for a couple of months then proposed moving into the third unit next to the two units a e e choppers was occupying jim convinced tom to rent the third unit and be their landlord after producing product for a e e for a couple of months they started selling product direct to a e e customers bypassing the agreed upon deal a e e bought them out and hired people to operate the machinery producing parts to promote the business tom and jim designed and built a corvair powered three wheel bike in 1969 it was entered in the oakland car motorcycle show it won the best in show sweepstakes award in july 1968 jim left the company in a dispute primarily over operations in 1969 tom contracted dave brackett to produce new rigid frames for full size harleys sportsters hondas and triumphs he also produced three wheel conversion kits and hardtail extensions to replace the swingarms on 1958 and later harleys in late 1969 a e e moved into a 10 000 square foot facility and hired dave brackett as a full time designer and prototype builder in early 1969 tom and rose had contacted tex smith and had him assist a e e with the production on a subscription only chopper magazine it was titled street chopper because ed roth was already producing a small magazine called choppers jim jacobs later of pete and jakes and rod custom fame was his editor after producing four issues of street chopper in the first seven months tom rose and tex decided to form a publishing company and produce street chopper magazine as a monthly distributed on the newsstands jim was convinced to return as vice president of both operations working on the magazine and assisting with a e e in the summer of 1970 they introduced a new publication titled chopper the custom motorcycle guide consisting of 200 page half magazine half a e e choppers catalog it boosted the sales for a e e so well that the book continued as a quarterly publication into the mid 70s when jammer cycle products was featured in the catalog section after tom and rose had split up at a e e in 1970 a new custom trike actually 5 wheeler powered by two harley sportster engine packages was designed by tom rose jim and dave brackett then produced primarily by dave in the a e e prototype department it was entered in the oakland car motorcycle show and won the best in show sweepstakes award a e e choppers sales continued on a dramatic upward path so in early 1971 they moved the operations to 64 000 square feet of buildings in placentia ca a third magazine titled hot bike was introduced focusing on the performance side of the motorcycle market a e e had added a line of performance items to the catalog and this was a good way to promote them a third company called cc industries was also introduced at this time it offered products from the a e e choppers line at discount prices mail order only this was done to compete with the smaller competitors under cutting prices with some poorer quality items a e e spent considerable time and money designing and testing before introducing a product a perfect example of this process was the a e e springer front end independent lab tests of prototypes revealed that 4130 chrome moly though a strong grade of steel used by others in similar applications was prone to breakage under repeated flexing that 1020 mild steel tubing was the safer material for this application the redesigned rocker assembly allowed the front end to be on a more radical rake while retaining stock front end geometry rake trail a e e choppers and the magazines also championed or opposed legislation that had an effect on the chopper market as an active member of sema and an exhibitor in the early days when motorcycle companies were members they tried to educate the industry and public through information presented at the shows and in the magazines in 1971 tom and jim flew back to washington in the company plane to present a package of recommendations to doug thoms and the department of transportation board to use as a guide when writing the proposed motorcycle modification regulations fhtsa had already enacted a set of regulations for cars and was trying to establish the same for motorcycles eventually the proposal was dropped the publishing company had grown into a separate viable company by 1971 with two monthly magazines and the quarterly publication many new staff members had come onboard including steve stillwell brian brennan robert k smith richard bean dain gingerelli and paul walker they were car and motorcycle enthusiasts with varying degrees of education who became editor photographers on the job tex had long wanted to add diversity to the company offerings so he convinced tom to allow us to produce street rodder magazine hitting the newsstand in 1972 tom and rose insisted that hot bike had to cease publication though as they didn t want to spend the money on an addition publication a few issues after street rodder went on sale tex left the company in a dispute over various operation issues jim inherited management of the publishing operation in february of 1973 jim left the company in another operations dispute and returned to head the operation once again in october of 1973 after producing 1001 rod ideas for popular hotrodding for three issues in early 1974 tom and rose decided to get a divorce and she insisted on retaining control of a e e choppers jim and tex convinced tom that he should go with jim and operate the publishing company as a separate entity rose continued operation of a e e for about a year before shutting it down the publishing company grew over the years adding many titles eventually being sold by tom to primedia in 1995 for a reported 65 000 000 dollars by jim clark posted by aee choppers at 10 45 am no comments sunday january 22 2023 aee choppers outline 1957 tom meets tex smith 1959 tom mcmullen met jim clark 1962 tom met dave brackett tom was living in lahabra with wife joan had 32 roadster dave had purple 30 model a coupe working for tyree header co tom and dave cruised and worked on cars jim got out of navy and returned to the east coast mid 62 dave goes to work for mickey thompson 1963 in early 63 tom and carl sulkey started auto electric eng wiring kits wired cars tom finishes 32 ford highboy with flames early 63 summer tom mets rose genuso at indy national drags late 63 auto electric eng closed dave leaves mickey thompson back to college 1964 dave gets his 23 t bucket running w 6 71 blown chevy motor tom and dave cruise late 64 tom and jim finish twin chevy engine austin 1965 feb 3 dave goes to work for hooker headers worked thru sep goldenrod apr 1 tom and dave move into house together in buena park tom still selling wiring kits auto electric eng dave helps tom rebuild the austin chevy ii remount motors headers dave helps tom redo blower drive on 32 high boy aug dave moves out and rose tom s wife to be moves in tom and rose get married aug jim returns from east coast dave builds headers at muller muffler tom and jim again working on cars dave works at anaheim speed eng lift chassis frames and headers 1966 aug 15 dave starts brackett speed products in anaheim built pure heaven frame nov dave builds 34 ford for bill brundage tom doing fulltime freelance writer photo for several hot rod magazines tom and jim start mindbender 47 knucklehead bought from ed roth 1967 dave went into army mindbender finished fall tom s accident on mindbender tom rose and jim start aee name from auto electric eng freda helps 1968 tom rose and jim build and sell chopper parts out of two car garage feb aee moves to whitaker in buena park tom and jim work on corvair trike finished late 68 machine shop moves in next to aee to make products for aee jul jim leaves aee women s pride rose s bike built aee bought machine shop operation next door tex smith hired to help with magazine danny james hired to run newly acquired machine shop 1969 corvair trike wins sweepstakes at oakland roadster show carl sulkey machines parts in the evening jan dave returns from army tom hires wants dave to organize mfg and design dave starts building jigs and fixtures to increase production in apr dave hires bill brundage to run newly created welding shop apr dave designs and builds bolt on hardtail for sportster result is quickstart electric start sportster to show new products march starts new street chopper mag mail order 4 issues in 1969 apr and may dave designs and builds really 350 honda chopper boomer gets out and walks around front to get in with people jun dave designs more hardtails and side hack for harley jul dave designs weld on hardtails for several different bikes jul dave designs and builds 3 wheeler kit for sportster resulting from articles about really dave starts production on many items spool hubs custom nut covers gull wing contour gas tank into production mini bikes and race track appear boomer enters into daily activities late 69 aee moves to via burton anaheim dave builds offices racks shelves etc two easy rider copies built for movie studio finished in jan 70 xmas tom rose jim and dave create concept for new 5 wheeler bike dave designed and drew up plans and big twin was born 1970 dave built big twin done by early feb oakland roadster show sweepstakes winner jan 2 jim returns to help with magazine jan wild kit sportster finished showing new products hardtail seats etc feb lenny cenotti hired mar first issue of street chopper nationally dist on newsstand mar dave designed and built raked triple trees solo sissy bars rams horn style too dave designed new products dual h l bkt 45 jockey shift knucklehead top mount dave designed new coffin style gas tank more cats spoke and ciebe later wheel breeder dave found source on early harley magnetos thought to have disappeared dave designed and made jigs for z style handlebars and narrow triple trees build track and race minibikes at lunch drag racing in winter inside building having trouble getting exhaust items dave redesigned added new products he then contracted with mitchell mfg co to build all exhaust items increased volume made dave find vendors to build and supply products with these efforts dave encountered industrial espionage mar dave and danny design new square springers may dave wanted to build complete rigid frames to sell tom said no dave starts brackett chassis co sells rigid frames to aee tom and rose get first plane cessna 310 aee hires j l smith to expand sales through magazine j l creates rick mason leading authority on motorcycles jul tom rose and dave develop idea for kit bikes to build complete chopper july dave finishes the supersport dave and the gang at aee build first kit bike a sportster summer jim returns as vp for aee and magazine division create chopper the custom motorcycle guide aug dave built his own chopper amani 450 honda motor steve jones is hired to run new wheel lacing dept suppliers can t meet demand dave builds dune buggy for gary donahey dave and danny design and build square glide front ends sep dave finishes the shovelhead 1971 mar moved to monroe ave placentia hot bike magazine introduced publishing company growing tom and rose get two newer cessna 310 one each c c ind created to increase sales and offer discounts windshields and small front brakes designed by dave and danny jun dave prepared 26 page report for dot for minimum motorcycle safety tom and jim fly to d c with dot report tom gets t33 jet airplane aee sponsors bike for bonneville salt flats leo payne dave did destructive testing of front ends to insure safety dave wrote articles about safety and product quality for bike magazines tom and rose get leopard and black panther tom gets f86 jet airplane mario illote from italy visits to start bike parts manufacturing in italy did t happen dave builds hot rod wheelchair for dean moon singles lifestyles created summer dave and danny design rigid tubes mono girders ultra narrow springers dave has dean moon build custom bike oil tanks starting in performance equipment design custom intake manafolds and carb covers nov dec dave builds amani number two gets motorcycle manufacturers license dave builds tooling to build complete rigid frames for harley 74 triumph bsa 1972 jan dave finishes kit bike a sportster yellow paint showcase new products dave builds yellow honda 175 dune cart for desert racing publishing company starts street rodder feb dave moves to front office to be general manager stan meyers hired prototype feb dave finishes big four honda 750 using brackett chassis frame mar dean rediger hired to do prototype apr dave starts trick trike works off and on stan and dean take over may panhead 74 how to build a chopper finished aee now has over 100 employees jun dave builds forgery 750 honda dragster first race aug 19 action fours motor dave gets sema license to build racing chassis dave starts concept for twin 7up bikes 500 and 650 triumphs dave builds honda 90 dune cycle jul dean and stan finish 7up bikes nov dave quits aee to work full time at brackett chassis co to mfg chopppers dec 750 honda how to build a chopper finished by dean trick trike finished october 1973 jan harley 74 blown altered aee frame finished by dean street digger this bike starts a new low profile trend in bikes feb bill brundage quits feb 23 brackett chassis co moves to fender fullerton builds total 5 amani bikes feb jim leaves aee mar time machine dean builds low profile triumph altered aee frame mar dave builds a rigid chopper with a wankel engine 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