I know that I have shown the pictures of the 1911 Indian Hendee single that I restored somes years back, please forgive me for showing them again. It did not come to me looking like the pictures !
When I got the Indian from my client it was totally assembled and to be quite honest it was a bit daunting to even think about finishing it for him. The moto-cycle had to be totally disassembled and all the correct finishes applied and then assembled again. This was before we had a camera on our phones and I am glad for that ! What I did was take photos of every nut, bolt, washer, linkage, etc. and then print them. There are over 100 pages of photos ! I then took small stickers and applied them to each picture next to the part in question. I used a notebook and noted every piece with the correct length, thread pitch and any unusual feature.
It seems archaic now but that is how manuals are written.
I thought that I had given all of it to the client but by some good fortune I kept it. I will now use it to help build my 1912 4 valve Indian
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