I purchased the engine in 1966, someone had been racing it, but I don't know at what point it became separated from its frame. I purchased a 1959 Model 50 from a fellow apprentice, and thus the project was born. Most featherbed Inters that have been created by putting an Inter engine into a Dominator or ES2 / Mod 50 frame use an older iron engine. The more powerful all alloy featherbed Inter engine was only introduced in 1953, and most of them remain in their original frames. My engine is a genuine featherbed engine, so mine has been reunited with a featherbed frame, which is very similar to the original. It even has a flat on the RH top tube to clear the camshaft restrictor jet nut.

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