[Ross Nicol]

Here is a pic of the car from " The worlds fastest Indian". They were removing the door of the Invercargill Museum to get it in for display.
That beach Chris L posted the photo of is called " Oreti beach " and I was there one day when Bert did a run. On the day he ran without the aero body and it looked amazing as you could see how fragile it was and the way he lay on it. I knew I'd seen something special that day. I think he cracked 130mph which was a record but the Indian wasn't able to do the return run.
At the time I was in high school and worked after school at an auto parts store. Bert was well known to come in and scrounge parts which he always seemed to get. I distinctly remember before the beach run he got out the oil can and lubricated the exposed rocker valve assy. Incidently Chris I used to work at that Hardware store called "E Hayes and Sons" where Bert's bike is displayed at the moment, the owners were motor bike enthusiusts and I remember a really pristine Indian amongst their collection.
Russ I spent last sunday at a Teretonga club race meeting. The drummer in my old band "Paul" was racing his Datsun 1200 until it poked a leg out of bed.
We spent the rest of the day driving round in the safety car.
Ross