Scooter made by Indian... this one is in the Barber Motorsports Museum

the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum has 1300 motorcycles, 80 cars, 48 which are Lotus. 


I got lucky and somehow attracted the readership of the lead car restorer there, and when I posted an image of a Indian scooter a couple months ago, it stuck with him, and since he has one in his museum, he was cool and sent me a photo to share with all of you. Thanks John!


here's the image from Feb 23rd

http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2012/02/indian-scooter-ive-never-seen-before.html 

Rodrigo restored, or built, this 1949 Indian and sidecar, and does a lot of restorations, in Paranavai Brazil

See the whole process of building this Indian, http://www.donivel.com.br/restauracao_fotos.php?numero=22&nome=Motocicleta%20%CDndian%20CHIEFF,%201949 because a restoration would have the original or period correct engine, this has a Honda Magna 750. I don't point that out as a negative. This is awesome work.

For the list of vehicles that Dinivel has restored or repaired to greatness, http://www.donivel.com.br/restauracao.php

Indian scooter I've never seen before from Carros Antigos

Found on http://carrosantigos.wordpress.com/2012/02/23/album-de-figurinhas/ via the excellent Jacques Rouge Gallery on Flickr 

Some deluded stupid SOB thinks this Indian is going to have someone walk up and hand him $20,000 dollars for it in it's neglected and useless condition

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=ehajXFG_ZdY is the same photo, with a voice over...

don't be this idiot, if you have some old rusty vehicle, and someone offers you money for it, because they want to get it going and running again, take it. Refuse the scrap metal people, I'm not with the people that just want to make money by destroying, the same goes for the "finders fee" people that are buying to resell at profit... but if someone enthusiastically says they want it, are going to make it work again... and offer money, just take it and let that piece of junk move onto another life of usefullness. Just the amount of money spent on paint and body in your area to pay your neighbor who paints, rebuilds, sells fuel line, tires, etc etc... is a good reason to see a rusty old junker move along at some young foolish kids dream of making it work.

I was a foolish young guy, and blew 24 thou into my 1969 Superbee over 5 years of replacing and improving parts. Drove it cross country 2wice, drag raced it http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/02/my-69-super-bee-was-having-good-time-in.html , and went on dates in it... all due to that last guy realizing he needed it to get out of his yard and it needed a new life. It had a dead battery, no matching tires or rims, a Tide clothes detergent bottle for a radiator overflow container, clothes line held the radiator in place, no second gear, no emergency brake, etc etc. But I made it vibrant and alive again. I sold it after 6 years of owning it, 10 years ago... to a guy who gave it a bigger engine, painted it black, and sold it 2 years ago to someone in Clearwater Florida.

If you see a black 69 Superbee near Clearwater, take a photo, get the owners email, and let me know! I've wondered how it turned out, and what it's like now

I learned months late that one of Burt's land speed record Indian bikes was at the NHRA museum, and galleries of photos are up around the internet

Recorded at the 2011 Grass Valley Airfest

Notice that the nose of the fairing is open, and in the Bonneville photos and film, there is no opening on the fairing of the bike Burt is racing. Some forums point out that Burt had more than one, and it may be that he had one that he kept in America for racing at Bonneville and didn't keep shipping it back to Invercargill

Photos above are from galleries you can see at
http://pwheelie.blogspot.com/index.html#9147611057932981363
and http://www.blackjoe.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=16618207&sid=3a814b1ada5596f223979a00c1d4c476

http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2011/10/12/new-indian-motorcycle-company-to-sponsor-indian-day-west-event-in-pomona/ for just the poster image