I don't have anything on BeGe scrapers but that one looks to be in really good shape. Nice find.
Looks to be a real jewel, lucky guy.
They were built in Gilroy, Ca.
I was hoping to find someone that had a copy of the original sales literature or manual (ops and parts). And maybe some idea when they were made.
John
Not exactly what you are looking for, but this patent application does give the company address...might make some good plans for a model...
Alan627b
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/3050883.pdf
and
http://books.google.com/books?id=Ofz6pO3UqFAC&pg=PA212&lpg=PA212&dq=be+ge+scraper&source=bl&ots=cZX5KmB3_q&sig=pYXTgu3o0Um7J5TUJSubQSuEMZ8&hl=en&ei=tALVSo_sLY6INLGfvI4C&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CCIQ6AEwCDgK#v=onepage&q=be%20ge%20scraper&f=false
John, all I can find is this (quite comprehensive) Be-Ge company history .. http://www.pinnaclenews.com/life/contentview.asp?c=199460
I'd suggest you try the UC Davis library or any other local large library, to see if they hold any of the Be-Ge sales literature or manuals.
Regards - Ron.
CAREFUL!! I picked up a "Trojan Horse" message when I tried to open that site.
OM - Your anti-virus must be in overdrive, I have Spy-Bot Search & Destory, Spyzooka, and Spyware Blaster, running full time .. and none of those programs warned me of any particular danger. Many of these websites have tracking cookies so they can follow your movements to their site .. nothing out of the ordinary about that .. eBay is one of the biggest users of tracking tools.
However, to avoid any problems, here is the .PDF file with the story .. I can assure you, there's nothing viral about this file, it has been created by me .. 😊
OM - Your anti-virus must be in overdrive, I have Spy-Bot Search & Destory, Spyzooka, and Spyware Blaster, running full time .. and none of those programs warned me of any particular danger. Many of these websites have tracking cookies so they can follow your movements to their site .. nothing out of the ordinary about that .. eBay is one of the biggest users of tracking tools.
However, to avoid any problems, here is the .PDF file with the story .. I can assure you, there's nothing viral about this file, it has been created by me .. 😊
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