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https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1299289
Spotted this while browsing tonight

57 Clipper with a 60S rebuilt Bullet 500cc engine

Not an original 500 engine, more like an Indian 350 which has been modified. If it has been done well it could still be a fun bike, but the buyer needs to be a bit careful about what they're actually buying. The last 500 Redditch Bullets in the early 1960s were the Big Head engines (which that certainly isn't), and the Indian factory didn't build any 500s until the late 1980s.

Scrolling down that listing a bit I notice a pre-war Model J 500, which most likely IS a real one.

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1086867

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This one's from 1957.


A bit different from the one in the add.

That's the engine I'd expect to see in a '57 Clipper, the '58 model looks rather different.

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