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Unrestored 1966 Velocette Thruxton sold

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Sam Hewitt

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12th September 2016

An unrestored 1966 Velocette Thruxton was sold by H&H Classics at its Donington Park Auction on July 28, for £20,000, […]
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Model X observations

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Sam Hewitt

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12th September 2016

I much enjoyed reading the September issue. What makes me put ‘fingers to keyboard’ is your test on a 1937 […]
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Seen at the ’66 show

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Sam Hewitt

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12th September 2016

Words: Richard Rosenthal Photographs: Mortons Archive With the British motorcycle industry struggling, the Labour Government appeared hell-bent on finishing it […]
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Ramsgate records shaved

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Sam Hewitt

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12th September 2016

Photographs: MORTONS ARCHIVE George Brown and Reg Gilbert put up new times on the seafront. Taking place at the end […]
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Indian uprising

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Sam Hewitt

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12th September 2016

Words and photographs: Mark Stone All early Indians were big V-twins, right? Not so, as this unusual single (truly half […]
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Comet-h the hour

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Sam Hewitt

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12th September 2016

Words: Roy Poynting Photographs: Terry Joslin This is actually from a year before the James model name ‘Comet’ was coined, […]
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Cafe society

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Sam Hewitt

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12th September 2016

Words: TIM BRITTON Photographs: GARY CHAPMAN The label ‘classic’ is applied to all sorts of things from music to architecture […]
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The Cunliffe Brough

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Sam Hewitt

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12th September 2016

At the Stalybridge Speed Trials, Jack Cunliffe launches his Brough-Superior JAP Photography: MORTONS ARCHIVE On last month’s news pages, we […]
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Editor’s Welcome

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Sam Hewitt

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8th September 2016

The last couple of months have really flown by, in a flurry of events, road-tests, race meetings and running repairs. […]
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Banbury in bloom

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Sam Hewitt

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8th August 2016

Organised by the VMCC, the biggest gathering of running vintage and veteran machines doesn’t disappoint in 2016. The Vintage Motor […]
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