1909 Indian Hendee Hedstrom Twin
Price: $9 500 ≈ €8863 ≈ £7354
Item location: Melbourne, Florida, US
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Seller notes: “Excellent condition, engine only with title, missing one intake valve assembly, missing one intake pushrod, missing exhaust valves, missing cam followers, missing intake manifold”
Brand: | Indian |
Model: | Hendee Hedstrom Twin |
Year: | 1909 |
Mileage: | 99 999 |
Engine (cc): | 630 |
VIN: | 20A348 |
ID: | mfs0170175557 |
Description
If you know what you're looking at, you know how rare these are. 1909 Hendee Hedstrom Indian Baby Twin 5hp, 630cc V-Twin belt drive engine in excellent condition, mostly complete WITH TITLE. This is the oil-drip fed model, without oil pump. I bought this from Dale Walksler from Wheels Through Time Museum many years ago. Indian produced 4,771 motorcycles in 1909, and consensus is that less than ten percent of them (477) were twin cylinder models. This one still wears much of it's original nickel plating. Both cases are excellent with no damage or repairs, cylinder stud threads are excellent, cylinders are excellent with nice bores and no broken fins, heads are excellent with only a couple of broken radial fins. Piston-to-wall fit is perfect. Crank, rods, and shafts are excellent. Crank pin/rod bushing fit is great, rods are straight, this engine can be assembled and run without too much labor. Camshaft is beautiful, as are all gears. This engine number is 20A348. Cam timing gears are stamped "A348". Intake cones are excellent, and one intake valve assembly is here. The other intake valve assembly is missing. One intake pushrod is missing, but you can use a cut-down 61" Hedstrom intake pushrod. The cam followers are missing, but they may be copied/3D printed from a set of 61" Hedstrom motor cam followers. Intake manifold and packing nuts are missing, but may be easily fabricated & machined. Exhaust valves are missing. I do have the upper & lower lifter pins for this. Used Bosch DAV 42-degree magneto makes hot spark. Don't pass up the opportunity to take part in the history of this beautiful old Indian engine at a reasonable price. I always intended to build a torpedo-tank racer like the one in the last photo, but I've decided to off my Indian projects to continue to work on my Harley-Davidsons. Will ship worldwide. $170 continental USA, NexShip freight international. ANOTHER SELLER JUST LISTED A PARTS LOT FOR THE HEDSTROM BABY TWIN ENGINE, INCLUDING THE CAM FOLLOWERS MISSING FROM THE ENGINE IN THIS LISTING.
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