You got The Jalopy Journal #2, right? So, you read that feature we did on Jeb and you were probably blown away by the photography from Tim Sutton that highlighted quite a bit of his work. Put shortly, dude is a damned genius... And while we don't cov... <BR><BR>To read the rest of this blog entry from The Jalopy Journal, click here.
I designed Jebs logo a few years ago- man does that look rad on the leather seat- That bike is amazing- is there a link to any other info on it?
Gorgeous bike, would fit right in at Bonneville any of the past 50 years. I am wondering if the bike was built to showcase the new 111 Indian thunderstroke engine.
Well, that answers my question. Great to see Indian Motorcycles remerge as a distinctive brand instead of some other make rebadged.
Yep, Polaris bought Indian about 2 years ago. They felt it would complement their Victory line up. http://www.autoblog.com/2011/04/20/polaris-purchases-indian-motorcycles-will-complement-victory-br/
Fabulous bike - hope to see it on the salt. I particularly like the cork gas tank stopper, a reminder of Burt's brandy bottle cork... Regards Jon'.
Absolutley Fantastic ! What a wonderful Tribute to Burt Monroe, I wonder what Anthony Hopkins would think of this. I bet positive for sure.......sandy
Huh! Go figure! I work in Polaris Engineering and I only found out about the bike today. I am very familiar with the Engine as my fellow Powertrain Engineers have been burning the midnight oil on it for the last two years. There is a very concious effort corporately to uphold the traditions of the Indian brand.
Man, thanks for posting that. Really enjoyed the Indian website, and so good to know another iconic marque is surviving, and hopefully thriving. So excited that they are rolling out their own powerplant...........111 !!!
By the way, and for those of you that don't already know, Jeb built my '36 (in the photo below). He also built the whole Spirit of Munro bike starting from a concept sketch in little over 90 days. Scary to think what that took.
The bike is incredible, but there's an interesting back story to the '39 Ford tow truck as well. My buddy Robert heard about the truck from the original owners grandson who inherited it, but had no interest in it. A true barn find, the truck spent the last 30 or so years in storage in El Paso. It's a real hot rod with an early 283 and Offy adapter to the original Ford trans. Apparently the reason for the long slumber was due to a father and son dispute over terrorizing the streets of El Paso. When we started working on it, we found the rear wishbones were bent along with an almost sheared right side axle. I'll try to get Robert to write a more eloquent history of the truck and the Munro Tribute Streamliner.
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