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A smaller Indian v-twin model, the 37ci (600cc) Scout, joined the existing 61ci (1,000cc) Powerplus twin for 1920. In a somewhat unusual departure, this new smaller Indian twin featured primary drive by helical gears, rather than the more usual chain, and soon gained a reputation for indestructibility: ‘You can’t wear out an Indian Scout,’ claimed the company’s advertising. In other respects the sidevalve v-twin motor followed the successful Powerplus formula. Detachable cylinder heads were the Scout’s big news for 1925 and two years later a 45ci (750cc) variant arrived, to be followed in April 1928 by the 101 Scout. The latter featured a revised 750cc engine in a new, longer-wheelbase frame, and this middleweight sports model would prove an immense success for the Springfield firm, so much so that its replacement in 1931 by a heavier Chief-framed model was greeted with dismay. In 1932, a smaller, 30.5ci (500cc) Junior Scout was introduced and this model - referred to as the Scout Pony from 1937 and the Thirty-Fifty from 1940 - continued in production into the war years alongside a revitalized 45ci Sport Scout. This 1923 Indian Scout is offered from the estate of Woodrow C ‘Woody’ Carson. When, in 1954, the Antique Motorcycle Club of America was formed, Woody Carson’s membership number was ‘11’, which, coincidentally, was his hill climb and TT novice competition number in 1947 and 1948. In later years he served on the Club’s board. In 1999 Woody Carson was inducted into the Indian Motorcycle Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts. He is also in the Sturgis Motorcycle Museum Hall of Fame, the American Motorcycle Heritage Foundation’s Hall of Fame and the National Motorcycle Museum’s Hall of Fame in Anamosa, Iowa. The Scout has been in the Carson family’s ownership since at least the 1980s, although it is possible that Woody bought it in Holland, which is where they lived in the 1960s, as it has a Dutch license plate. Offered with a 'Bill of Sale.'