Madison Hardware Detroit? You know I thought there was one here at one time. But with all the mention of the shop over the years, I thought it was an east coast thing.
When Madison Hardware was owned and run by Lou Shur and his brother Carl, it was in New York City. Lou sold the business to Richard Kughn, who relocated it to Detroit. Often when I mention Madison Hardware, I will put (NYC) or (Detroit) after it because to me there is a difference.
While the business was in Detroit, they would periodically issue sale flyers. I purchased some stuff from those flyers, including wheels and armatures by the pound. The quality of those parts varied. Some were nice, NOS parts, others were usable seconds, and some were just garbage. Overall, I was happy with what I purchased.
The Berkshire wheels I mentioned above did not come from Madison. I picked them up when I was focused on 1946 Berkshires.
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