From: | Doug Strange | e-mail: | AMCAdoug@aol.com |
Subject: | RE: ACE Footboards wanted please | Date: | Thu Jan 17 23:00:48 2019 |
Response to: | 6993 |
I contacted Steve privately but will repeat it here for the history of the topic. When Indian purchased the Ace company, they took advantage of the footboards and continued the Ace design forward on all Indians until the rubber covered footboards appeared in 1940. Only Indian substituted cleats made from a stamping (less expensive) instead of the cast cleats used my Ace. Also, Ace did not rivet the mats to the footboard pans like Indian, only gluing them down. So replacement Ace foot boards are as easy as purchasing them from an Indian parts vendor, except requesting pans with no rivet holes. The cleats are not available as far as I know. ----- ORIGINAL MESSAGE FOLLOWS ----- Hi Guys Anyone heading for the AMCA Europe meet in the Netherlands in May this year? It has a 'four cylinder' theme. I will be taking the Henderson and am frantically working to complete the ACE so that I can take that as well. Can anyone help with a pair of ACE footboards please? Or can anyone suggest where I can get some - or get some made? I have the hinges and the rubber mats - it's only the sheet metalwork footboards themselves that I'm missing. All leads greatly appreciated Best regards Steve |