List,
Yes, that's right, I saw it myself. Back in the seventies,
I drove my MB (Willys Jeep - 1945) over to put on display
at a local event. I pulled in and parked, then up along side
me a man rides up and parks a WWI Indian motorcycle.
Naturally, I engaged in conversation about his rare ride.
In the late fifties, an Indian dealership in Salem, NJ, was
liquidated as part of an estate settlement. This man attended
the auction and many items were being offered in box lots.
He bid and got for a low price a wooden crate - contents
unknown. As it turned out, he purchased a new-in-the-box
Indian that was probably surplused out sometime after the war.
I seem to recall it having a single cylinder engine. The thing
that stood out the most was the big carbide powered headlight.
Well, certainly his story could have been a fabrication, but he
sure sounded truthful. He would not sell it and I haven't seen
him or the mc since.
Joe Young
www.joeyoung.com
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