![]() ![]() Later they sold USA-made EZ RiderMinarelli mopeds, and in California stores, the French-made 1980 Peugeot 102 (on sale for 279). This time around, Wards sold the USA-made Columbia moped with German-made Solo engine, rebranded as Open Road, and two USA-made AMF models. In 1978 Montgomery Ward (and Sears) began selling 2 stroke mopeds again. Smokey two stroke motorcycles and other high emission vehicles would be the first targets. The Benelli line plus a Lambretta scooter allowed Wards to compete in the marketplace with the Austrian Puch mopeds and motorcycles that Sears was selling under their Allstate brand.Īlso, in 1970 the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was created to oversee and combat increasing pollution and air quality issues. ![]() ![]() Those pre-1965 France-made Wards Riverside mopeds are completely different from the post-1965 Italy-made Wards Riverside mopeds.īenelli offered mopeds and a line of single cylinder motorcycles 50-360cc. The earliest Wards Riverside models were scooters made by Japans Mitsubishi and Italys Bianchi companies, and mopeds made by Frances Motobecane. Ward sold everything and had a mail-order catalog. Ward had conceived of the idea of a dry goods mail-order business in Chicago, Illinois, after several years of working as a traveling salesman among rural customers. Wards Riverside mopeds 1965-1967 (Benelli).
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