# I had a stopover in Boise and drove an Indian truck **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [March 5, 2026, 9:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-had-a-stopover-in-boise-and-drove-an-indian-truck/205289 "2026-03-05T21:53:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 9:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-had-a-stopover-in-boise-and-drove-an-indian-truck/205289/1 "2026-03-05T21:53:01Z")
So I had wrecked my ranchero in CA on coastal highway near Big Sur, late 70’s and was on a bus tour back, 10 stops but unlimited time. Stopped in Boise I believe it was and bought a bunch of 8x10 glass plate negatives at an antique store and talked a bit with the owner. He asked if I knew anything about electronics, I said yes. I have an old Wurlitzer jukebox some guy in CA wants to buy it for $750 if it works. It was not working so I got it up and running. He gave me an apartment above the store and ran many errands for him in what I recall was an Indian model truck. Searched the internet and found one pic of a Ford Indian truck, but searches seemed useless. It had the visor over the windshield, limish green color. Might anybody know what year and company this truck might have been? ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 9:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-had-a-stopover-in-boise-and-drove-an-indian-truck/205289/2 "2026-03-05T21:55:21Z")
About what year was it? ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 9:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-had-a-stopover-in-boise-and-drove-an-indian-truck/205289/3 "2026-03-05T21:57:29Z")
Late 70’s, though the truck was a relic at that time I believe ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 9:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-had-a-stopover-in-boise-and-drove-an-indian-truck/205289/4 "2026-03-05T21:59:55Z")
So maybe a ‘50s truck? ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 10:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-had-a-stopover-in-boise-and-drove-an-indian-truck/205289/5 "2026-03-05T22:06:26Z")
My guess - somebody liked Indian motorcycles and stuck one of their nameplates on his pickup. I don’t know of any pickups with the model name “Indian”. ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 10:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-had-a-stopover-in-boise-and-drove-an-indian-truck/205289/6 "2026-03-05T22:18:44Z")
That might be a good guess, thinking it might have been an IHC, but I could be very wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 10:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-had-a-stopover-in-boise-and-drove-an-indian-truck/205289/7 "2026-03-05T22:21:56Z")
Chevrolet Apache: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/7/2/7272aec21865e3c0b08dcb191600d91f45078bb7.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 10:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-had-a-stopover-in-boise-and-drove-an-indian-truck/205289/8 "2026-03-05T22:28:34Z")
There you go. Chevy named all their light trucks Apache for ‘58 and ‘59, according to Wiki. ---
**Author:** ![weekend-warrior](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/weekend-warrior/32/26122_2.png) [@weekend-warrior](https://community.cartalk.com/u/weekend-warrior)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 10:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-had-a-stopover-in-boise-and-drove-an-indian-truck/205289/9 "2026-03-05T22:39:52Z")
here is an Indian tribute ford truck. LOL ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/0/3/036796ad045531afe931213db35df8f81139875d.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 11:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-had-a-stopover-in-boise-and-drove-an-indian-truck/205289/10 "2026-03-05T23:47:12Z")
Indian made a truck in the 1930s.. see the picture below An Indian Four Square Truck ![origin-21725](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/2/2/22180ef49d1457c638bdd95d34d4e038a7ae512b.jpeg) Basically a bike with a box! Did the one you drove look like this? ---
**Author:** ![pleasedodgevan2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ad7895/32.png) [@pleasedodgevan2](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pleasedodgevan2)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 12:05am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-had-a-stopover-in-boise-and-drove-an-indian-truck/205289/11 "2026-03-06T00:05:21Z")
That reminds me of Crushman. I saw one with a big popcorn maker attached. ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 12:39am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-had-a-stopover-in-boise-and-drove-an-indian-truck/205289/12 "2026-03-06T00:39:43Z")
George@SanJose messaged me, might have been an Apache. After 45 years anything is a possibility.