On The Pegs 86
IT ’ S HAMMER TIME GOOD OLD TIMES BLOG
By Kenneth Olausson Photos : Husqvarna
After the 1960 season things heated up . Rolf Tibblin finished fourth in the 500cc championship and came fifth in the following year . Having trained harder than ever , he had high hopes for 1962 . Straddling his Husqvarna , Tibblin ’ s main opponents came from Sweden , which certainly made the title chase interesting .
Rolf Tibblin won the European championship on his 250cc Husqvarna in 1959 . The following year he chose to step up the ladder and go for the big-bore 500cc class . Tibblin already had some experience from Husky ’ s newcomer as he had done the initial tests when the machine was introduced at the beginning of October , 1958 . Now he was to use the machine with number 18-61 printed into the frame . The