Anonymous
Neracars were invented by a man with a lot of experience in the automotive and motorcycle industries. The factory was backed by some very wealthy investors. Despite the best possible conditions for success, the Neracar factories (one in England, one in the U.S.) shut down after six years because not enough of the buying public was interested in buying a Neracar.
A few Neracars have survived the Depression and the scrap drives of World War II. “My interest in Neracars goes back 40 years,” explains Dave Kafton. Dave, an Antique Motorcycle Club of America stalwart, has been a motorcycle mechanic, a Cannonball racer, a restorer of vintage engines, and (in his youth) one of those people your parents warned you against. Forty years ago, Dave was just starting to get interested in vintage bikes. He was at a gathering of old bike enthusiasts with his wife, Debbie, when Deb spotted something in a barn — a Neracar — for sale. “Deb thought it was cool, but it seemed like a lot of money for something that slow. So I passed on it.” Later, Dave realized he had made a mistake.
Years later, Dave was at the AMCA National event in Dixon, California, where there was another Neracar. “It was original paint, but had only part of the engine,” he remembers. He passed on that
