Esta K. Manthos

xoxoxoBruce · 06-27-2007, 05:50 AM

This could be one of those most unforgettable person things.
Esta K. Manthos is a very cool woman, I've know for 40 odd years. Mischievous smile, a ponytail, great sense of humor and the owner of the Indian Motocycle Museum, housed in the last remaining building of the Indian factory. How's that for an appealing woman?

She's one of those people that's, been there/done that, before anyone considered it possible or acceptable. She got into motocycles, as a friend of the Hendee family(co-founder of Indian Motocycle) at the age of 16... that was 75 years ago. She has a set of white leathers, white '42 Indian Scout and a black Pontiac Firebird with the MA license plate, "INJUN".

True to form, instead of selling the collection off for millions, Esta has donated the entire collection to "the Springfield Museums Association to assure it will be remain in the city where the historic company was founded more than a century ago."

Esta K. Manthos is a very good person... and a very cool broad.

You can read the newspaper story here.

And see 25 pictures of Esta and the collection, here.

Griff · 06-27-2007, 05:59 AM

Man, what a collection!

bluecuracao · 06-27-2007, 04:54 PM

Darn, there's no pic of her in her leathers!

xoxoxoBruce · 06-27-2007, 08:09 PM

There was one in the museum and possibly in her book.

zippyt · 06-27-2007, 09:39 PM

Verry Cool !!!

Gaelic Ninja · 06-28-2007, 12:11 AM

That's hot. Gotta love that collection

06-27-2007, 05:50 AM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Esta K. Manthos This could be one of those most unforgettable person things. Esta K. Manthos is a very cool woman, I've know for 40 odd years. Mischievous smile, a ponytail, great sense of humor and the owner of the Indian Motocycle Museum, housed in the last remaining building of the Indian factory. How's that for an appealing woman? She's one of those people that's, been there/done that, before anyone considered it possible or acceptable. She got into motocycles, as a friend of the Hendee family(co-founder of Indian Motocycle) at the age of 16... that was 75 years ago. She has a set of white leathers, white '42 Indian Scout and a black Pontiac Firebird with the MA license plate, "INJUN". True to form, instead of selling the collection off for millions, Esta has donated the entire collection to "the Springfield Museums Association to assure it will be remain in the city where the historic company was founded more than a century ago." Esta K. Manthos is a very good person... and a very cool broad. You can read the newspaper story here. And see 25 pictures of Esta and the collection, here. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-27-2007, 05:59 AM	#2
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Man, what a collection! __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

06-27-2007, 08:09 PM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	There was one in the museum and possibly in her book. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-27-2007, 09:39 PM	#5
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	Verry Cool !!! __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

06-27-2007, 04:54 PM	#3
bluecuracao in a mood, not cupcake Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 3,034	Darn, there's no pic of her in her leathers!

06-28-2007, 12:11 AM	#6
Gaelic Ninja Geek Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Under a tree. Posts: 32	That's hot. Gotta love that collection

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