38 Indian Chief

[Bills37]

To clarify I had a 37 engine and a 38 frame I wasn't going to butcher an otherwise good 38 frame to make it a 37. Also I didn't have the money to buy another frame. The intention was to build a rider and not a show bike. I'm going to enjoy it while I still walk the earth. When I'm gone the purist can strip it apart and do what they like. You won't hear a peep out of me.rip2.gif

[Bills37]

Nickle plated the fuel line and a couple of other parts.

[len dowe]

Caswell? Looks nice.

[duffeycycles]

Looks like hi fi purple on my screen

[Bills37]

Looks like hi fi purple on my screen

Crummy phone camera, bad lighting and a blue background. They came out of the soup with an nice nickel finish. And yes Mr. Len Dowe it's Caswell.

[Bills37]

Major break thru today.
The chief fired up and ran today. I'll post a video later this week.

[Bills37]

[Green Indian]

Beautiful Chief! Very nice work and I bet it runs as good as it looks. What was the color scheme going to be?

[Bills37]

I really like this paint scheme.

[len dowe]

To clarify I had a 37 engine and a 38 frame I wasn't going to butcher an otherwise good 38 frame to make it a 37. Also I didn't have the money to buy another frame. The intention was to build a rider and not a show bike. I'm going to enjoy it while I still walk the earth. When I'm gone the purist can strip it apart and do what they like. You won't hear a peep out of me.[ATTACH=CONFIG]21693[/ATTACH]

I agree.
Looking really nice and hoping to see the video.

[Green Indian]

That green and cream combination will be stunning.

[Rollo]

Bill,
Looks great and looking forward to see it and you on a chapter ride soon. Will be even nicer once you have it sorted out and then painted!

Tom (Rollo) Hardy
AMCA #12766

[nuklhd]

That green and cream combination will be stunning.

beautiful combination.

[Bills37]

Well I had a little set back last weekend. I had fired up the bike while it was on the center stand and everything ran fine. I roll it out of the garage to take it for a test ride and it backfired out of the carb and caught on fire. Turns out the professionally rebuilt carb was missing the float bowl gasket. It was fine running upright on the center stand but started leaking when leaned over on the side stand. No harm done other than a few more grey hairs. I got the gasket installed today and took it for it's maiden ride.

[T. Cotten]

Tragic, Bill!

The paint looks bubbled off too.
Why did a missing gasket make it backfire out the carb?

Modern corks rarely fit beneath the tin top without effort
The only literature that suggests any seal on top of the tin top was "caulking". (Wish I had a copy...) But thin paper makes sense.

Linkert sidevalves ignored any gasket at all, except for them silly Ks.

....Cotten
PS: Your LS needle knob is '40 only!