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VonYinzer said:
it met the sawzall.. had to dissect bike quick, so 2 cuts to free neck/front end, then a couple more to separate rear suspension.
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it met the sawzall.. had to dissect bike quick, so 2 cuts to free neck/front end, then a couple more to separate rear suspension.
CharlieT
I remember the days before there was dirt.
Sent some pics of that hack rig to a couple of folks. Jay at DMC sidecars has an Indian Advertising poster from the early 20's which has a pic of the Indian Delivery sidecar, which he says is identical to ours, right down to the same color. THe curator of a major motorcycle museum also concurred.
The other thing as far as dating the car is what was in it. There were some copper-clad oil cans, stamped with a company that made them in the early part of the century...the last century. Also there was a pair of leather gauntlet gloves with the Name Durhide. Only thing we could find on them was copy of ads from the 20's.
Then there were these rolling around in the box
They are rather unique and matchup perfectly to a set of grips on a 1920 Indian Powerplus WB-1.
So according to some experts it is definitely a factory built Indian delivery sidecar from the 1920's. What's really bizarre to me is that the contents left in the box were also apparently from the 1920's. Kind of like opening a time capsule that someone just parked some 90yrs ago and left it to sit.
The other thing as far as dating the car is what was in it. There were some copper-clad oil cans, stamped with a company that made them in the early part of the century...the last century. Also there was a pair of leather gauntlet gloves with the Name Durhide. Only thing we could find on them was copy of ads from the 20's.
Then there were these rolling around in the box
They are rather unique and matchup perfectly to a set of grips on a 1920 Indian Powerplus WB-1.
So according to some experts it is definitely a factory built Indian delivery sidecar from the 1920's. What's really bizarre to me is that the contents left in the box were also apparently from the 1920's. Kind of like opening a time capsule that someone just parked some 90yrs ago and left it to sit.
Hoosier Daddy
Earache my eye...
4eyes said:
Nice 4 eyes... Are they Norman Hydes? or did you find another manufacturer of M bars?
VonYinzer
Over 10,000 Posts
CharlieT said:Sent some pics of that hack rig to a couple of folks. Jay at DMC sidecars has an Indian Advertising poster from the early 20's which has a pic of the Indian Delivery sidecar, which he says is identical to ours, right down to the same color. THe curator of a major motorcycle museum also concurred.
The other thing as far as dating the car is what was in it. There were some copper-clad oil cans, stamped with a company that made them in the early part of the century...the last century. Also there was a pair of leather gauntlet gloves with the Name Durhide. Only thing we could find on them was copy of ads from the 20's.
Then there were these rolling around in the box
They are rather unique and matchup perfectly to a set of grips on a 1920 Indian Powerplus WB-1.
So according to some experts it is definitely a factory built Indian delivery sidecar from the 1920's. What's really bizarre to me is that the contents left in the box were also apparently from the 1920's. Kind of like opening a time capsule that someone just parked some 90yrs ago and left it to sit.
That's awesome.
buckeyebike
Over 1,000 Posts
Walneck's sawp today- some Biltwell black tracker bars for the Bonneville and the beginnings of a spare or to sell tank/seat set for the R80 . . . good times.
