Yep, the serial number is 34585 and I would really like it to be 71 because that's the year I was born. When I spoke with the guy I bought it from I told him that just the mags and caliper are just about worth what he was asking for the whole bike, he said he wasn't like that, he just needed to make room so he could work on his wife's car. He actually came down on his price but I told him what he was asking was more than fair and he tossed in an old speedway bike he had too, the engine plate was cut on it but I got some wheels, forks and handlebars for other projects, heck, maybe I'll weld in a plate and throw a clone on it ( the speedway bike ), who knows. There's no pitting on the Lil Indian, just layers of chipped paint. The guy said it had new steering bushings in it but they didn't look right so when I got home, I took the forks off to find a piece of PVC tubing and some metal bushings inside that with a washer on top and bottom between the triple tree and steer tube, weird but it worked!. I replaced the PVC tubing with the correct bushings as seen in the picture. I also ordered brake pucks, short brake lever, brake adjuster, caliper spacers and 5/8" bolts for it, the ones from Allied don't have the marking on them and they cost less too. I don't think I'll go full resto on this one, although it is really nice, the cost of the missing parts make me shrug at the idea. I have a 75 Tecumseh 4hp engine that I'll probably go with, I really like the briggs so much more, they just fit the vintage mini bike image so well. I never liked the kick up seats either, I feel like I'm sitting on a lump and they seem to make you sit where you don't want to sit, closer to the handlebars ( probably because they were meant for young kids! ). I mounted a 13x5.00-6 street tire on a 6" mag and it looks really cool but I'm afraid it would end up being to pocket bike looking. I think I will try to find the closest matching color and at least that much will be how it was.
