I know that it's not a Ford truck, but it's a 49. From what I've gathered, it's an Indian 249 Scout.

This motorcycle is coming up for auction on Tuesday and I'd like to buy it if the price is right. However, there's not a lot of history known about it. It's missing the exhaust pipe, headlight, brake lever and needs wiring. I'm assuming that the whole motorcycle needs to be rebuilt. It's all original, however, including Indian brand tires. The fuel tank is perfect, no damage. The rear fender is slightly chewed up in the rear bottom, but nothing major. The seat is still intact. The front fender is good. Frame didn't appear to have any cracks.

Since I'm not into motorcycles, I figured that someone here might be able to help me out. What would a bike in this condition be worth on the market?

Thanks.

 

Awesome bike! It's So You, you need this thing really bad! I would say based on it's current condition that its worth uh umm, I don't have a clue! but take a big fat wallet, let us know how it turns out and good luck...

 

I found one online for sale for a little above $10k. However, that one was about 80% restored.

 

Last year of the scout... Great looking project... I would say about $1,500 to $2,000

Just found this... 1949 Indian scout

 

That's a real nice find, and it looks to be in really good condition. I'd say because of your location, look for that to go from between $4K and $7K

 

Go for the real thing, the V-twins are much better bikes. Many back in the day thought they were better than Harleys. They're going cheap these days.

(From Wiki: "In 1945, a group headed by Ralph B. Rogers purchased a controlling interest of the company.[21] On November 1, 1945, duPont formally turned the operations of Indian over to Rogers.[7]

Under Rogers' control, Indian discontinued the Scout and began to manufacture lightweight motorcycles such as the 149 Arrow, the Super Scout 249, both introduced in 1949, and the 250 Warrior, introduced in 1950.[22] These bikes suffered from poor quality and a lack of development. Production of traditional Indians was extremely limited in 1949, and no 1949 Chiefs are known to exist. Manufacture of all products was halted in 1953."

 

51PanelMan
Are you going to the Auction tuesday night?
I was at the last one, will be at this one, but do not worry I don't bid
on MC's.
Craig

 

Yes, will likely be there. I bought the Texaco pump well sign at the last auction and bid on the pair of the 63 plates, but didn't win. They sold for retail price. I was just going to re-sell them if I was able to get them at a decent price. I was going to bid on the Harley parts, but was saving my $$ for the plates. I should have bid on the Harley parts instead.

I bid on anything I can make money on.

 

Sold for $3,000 I got the pwasher and steam cleaner

 

That doesn't include the 12% buyer's premium and a 9.25% tax that will need to be paid to the DMV.

I bought the old truck lights, the manual truck turn signals, the old porcelain restroom signs and the San Jose street signs.

 

Well it sounds like ya both had fun anyway!

cheers

Josh

 

Those truck lights were huge, what do they fit?
Those semaphore's were cool but I could not figure how to fit them to my 1960 F100.

 

That was a really good price, somebody's gonna make money on that one.