
While serving in the armed forces at Ft. Bragg, NC in 1961, Jim Godwin met up with Dave Warren at the local Harley Shop. Dave approached Jim about becoming a Harley-Davidson dealer. Jim asked what was required and found out that $50 (at that time) would be enough to file the application. So, on the trunk of a parked car in Winston-Salem, NC, the papers were signed. Six months later, Jim went to Milwaukee to suit with the owners of Harley-Davidson.