Entries by Phil Pilgrim

Late Bill Parker Collection Auction

1923/5 Indian OHV 8 Valve Racer. The late Bill Parker collection Auction catalogue (click highlight) 1923 OHV 8 Valve The History of the machine below (click highlight)

More Grist for the Mill

A few late model Indian Members commented on the lack of news, & lately all that was being printed was Springfield type articles, very true, but beside a new Manager […]

Indian-Matchless in the 60’s?

 Dads Vintage ads The interesting thing about Indian is the changes that happened all the way through even now with Victory-Indian, the most interesting is the “Dark Ages” of Indian […]

All British Rally

The 36th All British Rally is on tomorrow, for all our members that have Indian’s from 1954-65 these as you know are allowed into the rally site, all other Indian’s […]

$155k for unrestored 1903

A company more used to selling heavy machinery than motorcycles, Wolfe Industrial Auctions of Maryland, USA, recently auctioned off a modest collection of historic Indians, including what it billed as […]

Would you restore this 4?

Guy Allen (Guido)was on about “RAT Bikes” recently, and the subject turned to unrestored vs Sh*t heaps, always a bit of a Sh*t stirrer this set me thinking when is […]

Who was Harold Parsons?

    Harold Albert (Ranji) Parsons was born in 1893 and lived at 22 Hoddle Street, Richmond. He became a mechanic at Turner Brothers, Harley-Davidson agents in 1916.He won many […]

Stereo-type Images

                The images of various motorcycle owners always amuse me, I was having a conversation with Mark Barthelmie our V-Prez recently at the […]