Trippah
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Interesting development..as no one has suggested a price range, I went by the local custom bike shop and asked where they sent their machining jobs to. Oh, about a mile down the road on the right hand side.old white house..he restores old Indians.. Hmm. this is the land of the Nipmucs, but I'm a thinking Indian Motorcycles (as made in Springfield about an hour west of here.) Found the shop, and looked in the window..no one there but 3-4 old motorcycles covered in dust and a lotta other stuff. No machining machines in sight.hmm Drove around the block up and down some back paths and saw the back of the building which sits on a slope with floor after floor sort of added on out back, each one lower than the one before. Drove back around the block, tried the other side of the building (the side with the unpaved driveway)knocked on the door and wham, as I stepped in, there was a beautiful '36 Indian -Fireengine red- almost finished restoration. While three guys looked at my "issue" I admired their work. Almost tripped over a box of wheel spindles that were in between stages, having been made elsewhere but had been prepped for finishing at this shop. (They used to hand machine such parts until modern Computer driven machines made it less cost effective)Frame of another bike (a scout) on a second table. A shelf of old carbs, with little metal flaps you open or close by hand to enrichen..Left Suzi's head with them so they could decide if and what to do..will check in again manana..IT IS amazing what lurks in little shops in this great country.
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