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Since I missed April 1st, here's the video. Paul

Of all the great work on the truck, the amount of work to make the firewall smooth and clean and the cusom dash are the mos impressive things done. Shaving the drip molding is a nice touch also. I would imagine the rear fenders are attached to each rear to move with the suspension. Visor isn't my style but lots of people like them. Can't imaging putting my shoes on the floor though. Paul

Page one will not transfer to here No How!! and other 2 missing pages are ads. Paul

I find it is now difficult to post a photo from Photo Bucket as normally done as a URL. It now only accepts a Direct Link. Site Glitch? Thanks Paul

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Bigger is better V-20

A bit small in my opinion.

I used to ride every day to work and just around as long as it wasn't snowing. Left the job friday, grab the wife and go to New Hampshire. Twenty years of Laconia and Daytona (still never saw the races) Between the traffic, drivers and the "new" bred of bike owners. . . the ones that buy a bike, $5,000 of clothes and crap and immediately think their bad a$$es hard core bikers. I got out a few times a week on my old faithful '71 Sporty or my '76 Electra Gilde. The antiques are just not enjoyable for me on Long Island plus I don't like riding with with other bikes, it's my quiet times alone. Down in Fork Union it's an entirely different thing, more like when I got my first bike in 1970.

After Vlad drove from Moscow to Siberia for his DMM I no longer harp about mileage.

Nice! How long you had it? See it's got the Steele conversion to conventional throttle and shifter.

This is my 1950 Hydra Glide. my dad bought it new and parked it in 1953 when I was born. It had 1400 miles on it. I re did the entire bike in 1982 when he gave it to me. I went a bit over board as everything was polished, chromed and painted (to match my Indian) and all the hardware is gold plated. All I left untouched was the leather buddy seat. 34 years later it has 3100 miles on it. Last real run was for my dads funeral in 2010. Foot Clutch is not healthy on Long Island.

I use the quote thingie.

Plenty of NASH - Rambler engine parts available. Basic big six was used up to the mid to late 50's. The passenger version of the 235 actually has 11 more h.p. and 15 ft lbs of torque than the commercial 235. Hardest parts are the grills (made from un obtainium) the filler and spacer panels for the nose and headlight bezels. Balance of mechanical is Timken front and rear axles, Timken rear brakes, Lockheed fronts and the double reduction rear is I think also Timken sourced . A lot of the trim and other things were used when Nash was renamed Rambler. If you get it your only 75 or 80 miles from me in Va.I'll have to come over and drool on it. Paul

My B has / had a bracket somebody made up years ago with a push type switch, almost looks like a starter button for a boat. The main stick hits it in reverse and the back up light goes on.

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Quite a few things worked against Indian. One was H.D was family owned and run and Indian had stock holders with E. Dupont up to 1941 owning 34 plus %. Dismal War production of 20,000 of their 648cc bikes because of worn machinery, inept management and a poor engineering dept (The Scout was discontinued in 1941 and the tooling destroyed so it couldn't be build for the military when it was needed) as opposed to Harleys 80,000 WLA and ULA models. After WWII they attempted to market a small 175, 250, 350 and 440 cc bikes for the world market . The premier of them coincided the British devaluing the Pound by 25%, which meant every Indian sold lost money. Why buy an American bike when a British bike was cheaper by a 3 to 4 rate. After WWII, Indian was cash poor with worn out equipment and borrowed money to buy new machines, while Harley in the same financial boat, bought war surplus machinery. In 1946 the only Indian offered was the Chief with only 3000 built in 1948. None built in 1949 because the CEO was pushing for a new factory. From 1950 to 1953 500 or less Chiefs were built before they folded up operations. Another contributing factor was the refusal to go OHV on the Big Twin for a few reasons. Engineering staff was mostly gone and the CEO liked the "pleasing looks of the finned heads". Lastly the refusal to set the bike up as a conventional unit. with a right hand throttle and left hand shift. The stuck with the left hand throttle, right hand shifter to the end. That set up was originally made for law enforcement and military use. Most all shooters are right handed and you could stay on the throttle and fire your weapon at the same time. Makes an interesting ride. My 1950 Hydraglide. H.D. Right hand Throttle, left hand spark retard, left hand shifter (4 speed trans) and right hand front brake lever. Indian Chief . left hand throttle, left hand front brake lever, right hand spark retard, right hand shifter (3 speed). And carry an extra belt for the Generator drive too. That said put the H.D. up against the Chief and the chief will out run it, one less gear and 5 c.i. more engine.

See they made the cab tilt. Originals were 33 feet long, 11 feet plus tall and 12 plus tons with out displays. Powered by a gasoline fueled military grade 302 c.i. GMC six and a 4 speed Hydra-Matic transmission. Duals front and rear with Hydra-Vac assist brakes.

Get well and follow the orders! At least you didn't get a cane like my wife did. Paul

It's nice. I talked to the seller this afternoon about it, firm on price, no if's and or buts. When it was auctioned off last summer from the estate that owned Arapahoe Auto Body in Arapahoe, Nebaska it was listed as a 1949. Models were made from '49 to '54 mainly for export. 2 speed rear makes it a 15,500 gvw . Vlad the cab is based on a 1946 and up Nash 4 door sedan body. Filler panels to space out fenders and a filler panels under fenders to compensate for the height difference. Paul

Nice work! Great colors for it. Paul

Another thought to ponder. The infrastructure needed for supply is at best spotty. One LNG/Propane fueling station on Long Island for sanitation trucks in Brookhaven's land fill and Federal .State and many local laws prevent a station that dispenses cooking or heating fuel from filling vehicles due to fire and safety requirements.