the Chief Ambassodor by Bryan Fuller (Fuller Hot Rods) and Lincoln Electric welders

Won 2nd place in the 2012 AMD World Championships Performance Custom Class

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an extreme converting truck bed / bike hauler, for Mike Tomas' Hendee Deviant, from Kiwi Indian Motorcycle Co in Riverside California. Mike is from New Zealand, and was a tech advisor for "Worlds Fastest Indian"

the first impression is that some lifting mechanism is going to move the pickup bed into the correct position, and so the first couple photos here show the mechanism that works like a dumpster pulling device, part lifting, part sliding.

Three hydraulic rams that curl the pickup bed up and over the hydraulics to land it where it belongs behind the cab

The rest of the photos are of Kiwi Mike's homage to Harley board track racers

 This bike placed 3rd in the 2012 AMD world championships
Built to simulate an Indian board track racer of the 1920's http://motorivista.com/kiwi-indian-motorcycle/

I like this oil sump that does double duty as part of the rear fender

http://kiwiindian.com/about.html

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Policia La Paz Indian motorcycle

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Rodrigo restored, or built, this 1949 Indian and sidecar, and does a lot of restorations, in Paranavai Brazil

See the whole process of building this Indian, http://www.donivel.com.br/restauracao_fotos.php?numero=22&nome=Motocicleta%20%CDndian%20CHIEFF,%201949 because a restoration would have the original or period correct engine, this has a Honda Magna 750. I don't point that out as a negative. This is awesome work.

For the list of vehicles that Dinivel has restored or repaired to greatness, http://www.donivel.com.br/restauracao.php

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Indian scooter I've never seen before from Carros Antigos

Found on http://carrosantigos.wordpress.com/2012/02/23/album-de-figurinhas/ via the excellent Jacques Rouge Gallery on Flickr 

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