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    It was a great day at the Tasmanian Vintage Motorcycle Rally in Ross.
    The only down side was that I never got a chance to get out and about to see many of the bikes.
    All day was taken up talking to people about the Indian.

    But we found time at the end of the day to line the Indian up with some of the real deal!.

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    The bike to the left is a 1928 Straight Four it's the year before the model I built and has some differences.
    But still makes for a good comparison.
    To the right is an Scout V.Twin.

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    In this picture the bike to the right is an Indian Ace it's earlier again being around 1927.

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    And here's my 29 along side the 28.

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    I had a great day but a very busy one.

    Cheers
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    Love it trev. I kow my bike anywhere even if there was no size difference. Mine has a brown seat

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    Gosh Trev, lm amazed that the size difference barely shows up at all! These photos are an even greater display of your talent. Were there any Broughs?
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    Looks absolutely fantastic Trev. Glad you had a really good day. Your hand made skills are really on show amongst the factory made versions.
    Congratulations

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    Quote Originally Posted by DaveTTC View Post
    Love it trev. I kow my bike anywhere even if there was no size difference. Mine has a brown seat

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    You made a big splash on the day Cowboy!.
    One of the most asked questions after "does it go" was can it be sat on?.
    I kept saying no but unfortunately the picture of you seeming to be sitting on it was in a group of photos that people could look at.
    All I heard was "But He Is" all day!.

    Quote Originally Posted by fletty View Post
    Gosh Trev, lm amazed that the size difference barely shows up at all! These photos are an even greater display of your talent. Were there any Broughs?
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    From where I had the Indian setup I could we one.
    It looked like an SS80 about the same era as Terry's.
    But I never got any closer.

    Cheers Guy's
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    Wish i had been there

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    It's almost a case of "WHICH IS THE REAL INDIAN" ???
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    Looks fantastic up against the real deals (Now which one is the scale model). How is the workshop search going sorry house with workshop

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    It would have been priceless to hear some of the comments and see the looks on the faces of the enthusiasts when you told them what it was built out of.
    The person who never made a mistake never made anything

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dalboy View Post
    Looks fantastic up against the real deals (Now which one is the scale model). How is the workshop search going sorry house with workshop
    Don't be sorry mate you where right the first time.
    Tayne and I where in Hobart today looking at layouts and prices on American Barn's made into homes "Workshops".
    It all sounded pretty good but it seems like a lot of the council approval stuff can be a nightmare.

    Quote Originally Posted by rwbuild View Post
    It would have been priceless to hear some of the comments and see the looks on the faces of the enthusiasts when you told them what it was built out of.
    I think the funniest thing was trying to get people to believe what it's made from.
    In the end it worked out that pointing out that the dash light was the cover off a Vicks inhaler worked really well.
    The moment they took a second look you could see but the expression on their faces they recognised it.
    And yes at times it was priceless!.

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    Default Indian out and about in Tassie.

    Over the Easter Weekend I've had the Indian out and about.
    Saturday was the local market in St.Helens.
    Had a really great time with lots of people seeing the Indian.
    A few mentioned that they'd seen it in a magazine, that had me stumped for awhile.
    But it turns out that it had been in the Old Bike Australia magazine after the Ross Rally.

    Yesterday I had the bike up at Pyengana a small town about 25 kilometres out of St.Helens heading to Scottsdale.
    It was a bit of a show and shine, stationary engine display and a local wood chop.
    Before getting into the car stuff I must say these folks can seriously cut wood.
    Even kids as young as ten can chop through a log in no time at all "Brilliant".

    I had the absolute pleasure of meeting Richard Edmunds.
    He's a retired fitter and turner and a man of extraordinary skill.

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    He had on display a 5/8 scale fully operational 1925 Sunbeam Tiger, along with a 1950 Land Rover and a tractor.
    All of which he'd built himself.

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    The Sunbeam has a V12 twin supercharged engine.
    Top speed "Unknown" although his had it up to eighty miles a hour before the front end started to sake!.

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    He's an amazing engineer and an all-round top bloke as well!.

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    Here's some of the cars from the show and shine.

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    Allowing for what Dave's been up to lately I reckon there's a couple he'd be interested in.

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    Here's a few shots of the beautiful countryside around the display site.

    The other person I has the pleasure of meeting on the day was John McCormack.
    Australian Drivers Champion 1973, 75 and 77.
    As you can see from the magazine cover from back in the day, he was in some pretty heady company.

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    John drove back when Australia had it's own F1 competition.
    Just a fascinating man to talk to and a dead set racing legend!.

    All up a great way to spend the Easter break.

    Cheers
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    Trev, Looks like you had a top day out...
    WOW and even meeting a Racing Legend.....
    Some of what's on show would have been beautiful to see in person...
    Were folk "a gog" at your efforts as so many of us are!!
    Almost makes wish I was there but a bit far for a day trip from the Blue Mountains...
    THANK YOU FOR THE PHOTOs.
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    I'm really glad you had a good time with your Indian and talking with Engineers Trev.

    Thanks for the photos

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    Looks like you had a great day with the bile at the show, it is good to see that many people will see the great craftmanship that you have put into it.

    On another note I have just finished watching "Guy Martin" a well known TT bike racer riding a Indian Scout on a wall of death he managed to break the speed record on the wall of 70.33mph, he then rode a bike that he and his racing mechanic built and promptly smashed that record by doing 78.15mph both runs officially recorded by "Guinness World Records". The original record was 61mph

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    Guy Martin's one of those blokes I love to see race as specially at the Isle of Man TT.
    He may not win but on a bike no one races harder or puts themselves closer to the raged edge than he does!.
    Legend!.

    Cheers mate
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