Monday, August 3, 2015

Superior Steering Wheel, Veglia Motorcycle Gauge (?), Edsel Ashtray & Indian Scout Bicycle Badge



Possibly from a 1970's Bultaco Motorcycle...


Edsel Logo.  Very nice pattern on the metal surface...  Must have been a lot of work to put the pattern into the tooling in the days before CNC...


In the early part of the 20th century, Indian started as a bicycle manufacturer (Springfield, MA) and evolved into manufacturing motorcycles.  Indian Motorcycle Company was struggling post WWII.  As part of an effort to generate revenue, Indian sold bicycles, one of which was named the Indian Scout (late 40's/early 50's).  The bicycles were made in England for Indian (by Phillips bicycle company).  Indian also imported British motorcycles and sold them through Indian dealers (both with original manufacturer logos or with Indian logos/names).  Ultimately, the company failed and had many owners/attempts to revive the brand which were not successful until recently when Polaris bought the brand...

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