hey..I posted a new picture in the gallery....anyone want to take a stab at what i got..
sadie
Well, I started out thinking that's really a Trailblazer. The Chief had 16 inch rims with really fat tires. I pulled up the picture of my bike with Trailblazer fenders on it, and after bouncing between the two pictures for awhile, It looks like that is a Chief, just one with the wrong wheels on it. You might be able to buy new rims and spokes fromm Buchannan's to return that to the original look, which was different than any other Royal Enfield with the fat, American style tires on it.
They had extra wide front forks to allow for the fat tire. . If the space between the fork legs on your bike is about 5 to 5-1/2 inches, at the very least, someone has installed a non-Chief front fork on it.
The Chiief would also have a longer, wider swingarm.
The rear fender looks like it's either been choppeed at the front and rotated forward, or it's a non-Enfield item.
Regardless whether it''s a Chief or a Trailblazer, that's a great find. Worthy of restoring.
For comparison, here's my 1959 Tomahawk, with Trailblazer fenders and 1966 Interceptor motor.