Indian Chief Motorcycles in Etters

1952 Indian Chief - Blackhawk - Roadmaster - 80 Chief This was Bob’s personal 1952 "80" Indian Chief.  It was restored around 1980, has matching numbers CS6080, it's an early 1952, the first one off the assembly line was CS6001.  This was restored very close to original, but there were some things dad wanted that weren't original, there's some extra chrome and it's not Indian's Seafoam Blue, it is Ford's Grabber Blue.  Now for a little Indian history.  When Indian was still in business, even if you were a dealer, if your parts order wasn't over a certain amount, instead of the order going directly to the factory it went to your closest distributor.  There was one in California, one in Chicago and one in Philadelphia.  Bob, in 1959 or 1960, bought all the old Indian parts, 1953 and earlier, from the Philadelphia East Coast Dealer Distributor, Gene Shillingford and Sons.  At that time it was around 50 tons of NOS Indian parts, that's where a lot of the New Old Stock parts came from that we used on this motorcycle.     Some of the other NOS parts, like the two fenders, chainguard and gastanks came from the person that purchased all of the parts from the Chicago distributor.  The other NOS parts used on this bike that I know of for sure are: Handlebars Handle Grips Shift Lever Luggage Rack Speedo BSC Ignition Switch Dash Light Stoplight Switch Kicker Lever Dimmer Switch Headlight Horn Bracket Front Brake Lever Rear Defender Bumper And of course the two Fenders, Chainguard and Gastanks mentioned above Below are the original Indian parts that were used that weren't NOS but I know dad chose the closest thing to it: Dash Panel Linkert M352 Carb Petcocks Front Fender Tip Rear Bumper Generator, Band and Bracket All Engine Cases Cylinders Heads Transmission Case & Tower Rods Flywheels Horn Rear Safety Bars Brake Drums Brake Panels Wheel Hubs Original Headbolts with the Raised Letter "N" on them Primary Covers-Inner and Outer Fork Top Covers Front Fork Assemblies Rear Shock Assemblies Roadmaster Emblem on Fork Shield Aztec Indian Emblem on Fork Shield Spotlight Brackets Seat T Seatpost Assembly Chummy Seat Helper Spring Assembly Chummy Seat Spring Bracket and U Bolts (attached to motorcycle) Chummy Seat Pan Five Piece Seat Rail Assembly There's definitely more, this is what I know of for sure.  It's been quite a long time since we restored this one. The main reproduction parts that were used on this motorcycle are rubber parts and decals.  It also comes with a white Indian Chummy Seat, the special ordered earlier type seat pan, just like this bike came with the seatpost and seat bracket, rather than the normal bench type chummy seat that was standard.  52 and 53 Chiefs could be ordered with a solo seat or the earlier style chummy seat and they normally came with right hand throttle and left hand shift.  This one was ordered with the left hand throttle, right hand shift.  Right now the bike has 24,330 miles on it since the restoration.  20 of those I just put on in the last couple weeks and there's probably going to be a few more until it gets purchased!  I know there was at least one top end job done on it so there isn't that many miles on the top end.  Everything works and runs good and it's a STRONG runner.  It does have a few little nicks and dings here and there in the paint, you can see some wear on certain parts like the saddle bag and seat.  Dad rode the bike, he used the bike, it was not a trailer queen, it was used the way it was intended to be used, it was rode.  So this isn't one of those "zero mile since restoration" motorcycles.  And as you can see it still looks very presentable. On July 24, I took this bike back to Springfield, Massachusetts for Indian Day.  I rode it up State Street to the factory for a few pics.

2003 Indian Vintage Chief in classic Black on Black number 92 of 750! Only 5000 miles on this one owner bike!!! This Vintage has the PowerPlus 100ci V-Twin, stock fringed saddle bags, stock retro luggage rack, brand new tires, upgraded chrome indian head air filter cover, stock Corbin seat, with passenger seat included.