1947 Indian Chief Original Patina Barn Find

You are looking at a very original 1947 Indian Chief, guess you would call this a barn find, ith a good clear title. I purchased this bike from Rocky's cycle supply in Michigan, as hundreds of vintage motorcycles. This particular motorcycle he was riding in 1961 when he decided to take it apart to restore it, e kept it locked up in a store room for 55 years so none of the parts would get lost. There were many different events that happened and he never got around to restoring this bike. I purchased this bike from him and decided to leave all of the beautiful patina, he motor has been completely rebuilt, e were careful not to disturb the original appearance and the patina. The transmission was completely gone through, new King clutch, he wheels were gone through used the original rims with new original cad plated spokes from Buchanons, ew tires and tubes, ent through brakes, he front-end was taken apart and rebuilt with new bushings and neck bearings, ent the original Corbin speedometer off and had it completely rebuilt leaving the patina. The original generator was sent off and it was rebuilt and new cutout, ew wiring harness, new Indian seat from Heather's. All of the controls on the handlebar were gone through, ew exhaust, riginal was just too bad. This bike has been gone through completely mechanically. The tanks were very nice, e just cleaned them and had them coated on the inside. The sheet metal is all original Indian, he paint is over 50 years old it was painted prior to 1961, t has the original horn that works properly, riginal motolamp headlight that works as it should it has had a sealed beam bulb put into original shell and ring, riginal generator which is charging correctly with working amp guage, orbin speedometer rebuilt and accurate, howing 3 miles at the time of this picture. The original front fender light was missing on this bike so I put the best reproduction that I could get, ust could not find a good original one at this time. We ran the engine a few hours and have changed the oil twice, he bike starts like it should, t has very good compression, ransmission shifts beautifully, he bike goes down the road super straight and everything on this bike works. The gentleman that performed the engine and transmission work is very familiar with Indian Chiefs and has a lot of motor work under his belt.
This is the chance to buy a very nice original 1947 Indian Chief that is unrestored cosmetically with the exception of the 55 plus year old paint job, his bike has very few reproduction parts, ll of the hard to find stuff is there, his is the real deal. It is not a bike put together out of parts and made to look like it has patina.
It has all the right parts in the right places and will give someone years of service and enjoyment, y experience is most people will go right past a restored bike to see a nice old crusty bike.
Will deliver within 500 miles of Tulsa for free, dollar per mile after that in the lower 48 states.
If you have questions or want more information call Tony Mills at 918-638-6171.

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