Sold for £9,660
(including buyers premium)
Registration No: AY 7801
Frame No: U1242
Engine No: 1160
CC: 293
MOT: Exempt
Ernie Humphries and Charles Dawes began making motorcycles in York Road, Hall Green, Birmingham in 1899. After the WW1, the company concentrated on manufacturing one model, the OK Junior. Early bikes were only available as direct drive with the Union 293cc 2 stroke engine made by Josiah Parkes & Sons Ltd of the Union works, Willenhall.
Believed to be the only restored & running example in the UK. Once claimed to be the ‘Ford Model T’ of the motorcycle world, this rare machine was awarded 3rd place at the Bristol Classic Motorcycle Show of 2020. No factory records exist for these motorcycles, but each bike carried a small brass plaque on to which the details of the machine were stamped. This one was built on the 23rd of June 1920, and still carries its original Leicestershire registration number. Restored in 1978, by Kevin Hellowell, it was displayed in a museum called Automobilia in Yorkshire until it closed. The current owner has repainted and treated the petrol tank with sealer and has used this machine to participate in various VMCC events including the Banbury run.
For more information, please contact:
Mike Davis
mike.davis@handh.co.uk
07718 584217
All successful bids must be paid in full by midday the day after the auction at the latest.
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Auction: National Motorcycle Museum, 7th Dec, 2022
An auction of classic motorcycles & vintage scooters
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Wednesday 7th December 2022, from 9am
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