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Actually, I thought this was pretty cool. I bought a few boxes of old magazines at a steam engine show last fall. This was in it; Mechanix Illustrated, Aug, 1955. Looks like an Indian 4 with a transplanted Ford V8 60 in it. The article doesn't mention the owners name, only that he lived in southwest Texas. It also says that the pictures were courtesy of Ford Times. I wonder where it is today?
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Not certain but I think I saw that bike at Davenport a few years ago. Paps -
Geneology
Gee, finally, the family history of Boss Hoss!Comment
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Honest Charley in Tennessee has been making a ford flathead bike for several years now.
http://www.honestcharley.com/V860.htmComment
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I was surfing the net and found an update on this bike. It was built in 1954 by Texan Bill Drabek and is currently owned by Dave Edwards of Cycle World magazine. It's undergoing a restoration.
http://www.cycleworld.com/article.as...article_id=264
Also found this: http://www.v8bikes.com/images/regular/Drabek3.jpgComment
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v8 60 bike
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There have been many v8-60 bikes.I thikk the one you posted is indeed a Indian 4 that was in need of a new engine.And has a Harley 4 speed and primary driven via beval gear.Most just used a beval gear and clutch with no transmission.I have one curently under construction using a BAW/5 gearbox final drive and clutch.I chose a 70s Harley swingarm frame to get a vin number and avoid the home built registration.Should be a lot of smoth fun.
EltonComment
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Yep, there have been a slew of V8-60 bikes and V8 bikes in general. It's just that this was the oldest I've seen and it appeared to be quite nicely finished for it's time. Yours sounds like a fun project. Hmm, maybe I'll see if I can scare up an old hemi.Comment
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Although I'm getting off the subject of antique motorcycles, here's something I found just for fun:
http://www.phoenixtrikeworks.com/tri...ery3/index.htmComment
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