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- 1 2 "Excelsior-Henderson: Motorcycle dream fades in bankruptcy | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis". www.minneapolisfed.org. Retrieved 2022-06-06.
- ↑ "Excelsior-Henderson Resurrection, Redux".
