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[OldREguy]

I have listed my 1959 Indian Apache on a US auction site called bringatrailer. The auction ends Thursday so there isn't much time remaining. I thought there might be interest in seeing the pictures (and maybe someone would be interested in bidding on short notice).
Here is a link to the auction:
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1959-indian-apache/

Regards,
Phil Andersen
ps without tons of help from Allan and the gang this would never have been possible to build.

[vince]

Hi, why does the back mudguard on this model go up and down with the swingarm? Vince

[Adrian]

For some reason that's how the factory built them, all the other Indian-badged models seemed to have the normal rear mudguard mountings. Possibly they thought the other 700 twin, the Trailblazer, looked a bit staid, so it could have been intended to lighten the look a bit. Still looks odd to me.



http://re-indian.com/58catalogue.html

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[vince]

Hi, well apart from the appalling seat ,this model was the off road version. The idea of a mudguard hammering up and down not only increasing unspring weight but smashing itself to bit and lack of tyre clearance ugh! But I have never found any rationale for it. Vince

[Adrian]

Funnily enough the current Bullet Bobber craze has picked up on something similar, they sometimes junk the rear mudguard and take the front one off and refit-it in shortened form to the swinging arm. Doesn't look any better more than 60 years later.

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[Adrian]

Not forgetting the Series D Vincents, for any fans of this stylistic weirdness.