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- 1925 Norton 490cc Special Model 18
1925 Norton 490cc Special Model 18
Lot Number: 141
1925 Norton 490cc Special Model 18
Sympathetically restored Model 18 Special with lots of history and some 'works' provenance.
There is a Sale Room Notice on this lot, please read this before placing a bid
- Sold for: £22,500
LIVE AUCTION: This lot was auctioned on Saturday 12th February, 2022 at 2.30pm GMT at ExCeL London, Royal Victoria Dock, London, E16 1XL
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BODY COLOUR
Silver -
REG NUMBER
TR 361
SALE ROOM NOTICE
Spare barrel and piston included
SUMMARY
Sympathetically restored Model 18 Special with lots of history and some 'works' provenance.
DESCRIPTION
- Copies of Norton factory records held by the VMCC show that engine number ‘25300’ (in frame ‘17486’) was built for the 1925 TT and intended for ‘A Bennett’
- Alec Bennett was Norton’s star rider of the mid-twenties. The engine of the Model 18 offered here incorporates the crankcase of his 1925 Isle of Man TT 'works' machine
- This Norton’s current frame - ‘22787’ - formed part of an OHV model that left the factory on 23rd March 1926
- On display in the Isle of Man’s Murray Motorcycle Museum for many years
- It was carefully restored by him and ridden on the Isle of Man TT Lap of Honour in 1990
- Featured in a lengthy article published in The Classic Motor Cycle, July 1991
- Purchased by our vendor in 2012 and has been part of his private collection ever since
SPECIFICATION
- Lot Number
- 141
- Make
- NORTON
- Model
- SPECIAL MODEL 18
- Registration Number
- TR 361
- Frame Number
- 22787
- MOT Expiry
- Exempt
- Engine Number
- 25300
- Body Colour
- Silver
GALLERY
CONSIGNOR
Dan Lovis
- Motorcycle Consignor
- enquiries@iconicauctioneers.com
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