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Possman Scooter, 2701 Pico Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA 90405, 1961-1971.

Myron Possman sold Bridgestone, Cushman, Gilera, Kawasaki, Lambretta, Rabbit, Suzuki, Taco, Tohatsu, Vespa and thirty-four other makes of motorcycle and motor scooter, from 1961-1971, on Pico Boulevard, next door to Jack Baldwin Norton-BSA-Suzuki, which was located at 2705 Pico Boulevard.

One of Possman's mechanics, Gill Villaincourt, went on to found Works Performance Products, 21045 Osbourne Street, Canoga Park, 91304.

During the late 1960s, Possman said, he personally delivered a new Vespa 200 motor scooter to singer-songwriter Mel Torme,"somewhere in the San Fernando Valley."

The building that housed Possman Scooters still stands, now numbered 2703, on Pico Boulevard.--ThomasP48 (talk) 16:56, 6 August 2009 (UTC) Gill Vaillancourt worked at Possman Scooter from 1961-1971, alongside Jim Kuns (or Kunst), who had polio, and Jay Solhak. The mechanics worked on NSU, Marusho, Ossa, Zanella and 96 other brands, according to Vaillancourt, who added that Zenellas were "junk". Later Cushmans, he also said, had one-piece cylinders and heads. The customer would come in with the head, wanting a replacement part, but there was no such part.--ThomasP48 (talk) 18:39, 7 August 2009 (UTC) Possman's store was originally a part of Jack Baldwin's, but Baldwin and his partner, Phil Brown, had a parting of the ways and the Brown's scooter side separated from Baldwin's motorcycle side. Possman bought Brown's business, known simply as "SCOOTERS", in 1961. Renato Raca, a gifted metal worker, was an employee at one time. Myron's daughter, Dawn, married Kevin, and Myron had a brother, John.--ThomasP48 (talk) 17:05, 20 August 2009 (UTC)