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1952 Indian Chief - Blackhawk - Roadmaster - 80 Chief This was Bob’s personal 1952 "80" Indian Chief. It was restored around 1980, has matching numbers CS6080, it's an early 1952, the first one off the assembly line was CS6001. This was restored very close to original, but there were some things dad wanted that weren't original, there's some extra chrome and it's not Indian's Seafoam Blue, it is Ford's Grabber Blue. Now for a little Indian history. When Indian was still in business, even if you were a dealer, if your parts order wasn't over a certain amount, instead of the order going directly to the factory it went to your closest distributor. There was one in California, one in Chicago and one in Philadelphia. Bob, in 1959 or 1960, bought all the old Indian parts, 1953 and earlier, from the Philadelphia East Coast Dealer Distributor, Gene Shillingford and Sons. At that time it was around 50 tons of NOS Indian parts, that's where a lot of the New Old Stock parts came from that we used on this motorcycle. Some of the other NOS parts, like the two fenders, chainguard and gastanks came from the person that purchased all of the parts from the Chicago distributor. The other NOS parts used on this bike that I know of for sure are:HandlebarsHandle GripsShift LeverLuggage RackSpeedo BSCIgnition SwitchDash LightStoplight SwitchKicker LeverDimmer SwitchHeadlightHorn BracketFront Brake LeverRear Defender BumperAnd of course the two Fenders, Chainguard and Gastanks mentioned aboveBelow are the original Indian parts that were used that weren't NOS but I know dad chose the closest thing to it:Dash PanelLinkert M352 CarbPetcocksFront Fender TipRear BumperGenerator, Band and BracketAll Engine CasesCylindersHeadsTransmission Case & TowerRodsFlywheelsHornRear Safety BarsBrake DrumsBrake PanelsWheel HubsOriginal Headbolts with the Raised Letter "N" on themPrimary Covers-Inner and OuterFork Top CoversFront Fork AssembliesRear Shock AssembliesRoadmaster Emblem on Fork ShieldAztec Indian Emblem on Fork ShieldSpotlight BracketsSeat TSeatpost AssemblyChummy Seat Helper Spring AssemblyChummy Seat Spring Bracket and U Bolts (attached to motorcycle)Chummy Seat PanFive Piece Seat Rail AssemblyThere's definitely more, this is what I know of for sure. It's been quite a long time since we restored this one. The main reproduction parts that were used on this motorcycle are rubber parts and decals. It also comes with a white Indian Chummy Seat, the special ordered earlier type seat pan, just like this bike came with the seatpost and seat bracket, rather than the normal bench type chummy seat that was standard. 52 and 53 Chiefs could be ordered with a solo seat or the earlier style chummy seat and they normally came with right hand throttle and left hand shift. This one was ordered with the left hand throttle, right hand shift. Right now the bike has 24,330 miles on it since the restoration. 20 of those I just put on in the last couple weeks and there's probably going to be a few more until it gets purchased! I know there was at least one top end job done on it so there isn't that many miles on the top end. Everything works and runs good and it's a STRONG runner. It does have a few little nicks and dings here and there in the paint, you can see some wear on certain parts like the saddle bag and seat. Dad rode the bike, he used the bike, it was not a trailer queen, it was used the way it was intended to be used, it was rode. So this isn't one of those "zero mile since restoration" motorcycles. And as you can see it still looks very presentable. On July 24, I took this bike back to Springfield, Massachusetts for Indian Day. I rode it up State Street to the factory for a few pics. And it won "Best Chief" this year at Indian Day. There are a few more pics on our website - bobsindiansales.com