Brockhouse Engineering

David Blasco of royalenfieds.com has a nice blog post about a restored Indian Brave. After the demise of the Indian Motorcycle Company in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1953, bikes manufactured by a subsidiary of Brockhouse Engineering in the UK (which had acquired the rights to the Indian name) were sold in the US with the Indian badge. Eventually Indian-badged Royal Enfields would be sold between 1955 and 1960.

The entry in Grace's Guide for Brockhouse states that "An arrangement was made with Enfield Cycle Co to manufacture the Indian motorcycle at a new factory at Boston in the UK for export to USA". They cite an article in the London Times of 1955 which I cannot access. The Wikipedia entry for Indian states that Royal Enfields were "mildly customized in the US". Perhaps that is what they were referring to? Anyone has additional info on this Boston twist on the Royal Enfield story?

Brockhouse was a large conglomerate with a long history and many factories. It produced the Corgi and other motorcycles at a factory in Southport, originally created by the Vulcan Motor and Engineering Company Ltd. as the first purpose-built motor factory in Britain. The factory was demolished in 2010 to build homes, but archeologists wrote an article about it before the demise with maps and photos.