There were a few Indian 4's with a V8-60 installed. When old Henry retired temporarily, (he hated 6 cylinder engines, even though he put one in early Lincolns for a couple of years.) and Edsel took over, the V8-60 was dropped and replaced with a 95 HP 6 that, interestingly, was rated at the same power as the V8 in '41. The 60 HP engine was used in industrial applications for a while, then shipped off to France to be used in the Ford Vedette, which was styled as a miniature '50 Mercury. Later, Ford sold Vedette to an investment consortium and the company was renamed SIMCA. The later versions were rated at around 80 HP and had a 4 speed.
On that bike, it world work really nicely to fit it with the '40 - '48 3 speed gearbox. Several of these were made into a linier shift with a camplate moving the stock shift levers up and down.
