1936 Triumph Model 6/1
No Reserve

Registration No: CLU 945
Frame No: 452
MOT: Exempt

• Landmark Val Page-designed parallel twin predating the Speed Twins
• One of the rarest Triumphs of the 1930s
• Older restoration to an extremely high standard

• The Road and Race Collection

Few motorcycle engines are as well-known as Triumph’s parallel-twins, specifically the Edward Turner-designed Speed Twins, but they were predated by the 650cc Model 6/1, which arrived in 1933 when vertical twins were highly unusual. With a 360deg. crankshaft, the Val Page design ran very evenly. The torquey engine and four-speed gearbox were intended for pulling sidecars and it did remarkably well—Harold Perrey competed with a 6/1 combination in the 1933 I.S.D.T. and won a silver medal, and a team of three riders and passenger sustained an average of 60mph at Brooklands for over 500 miles. However, launching an expensive motorcycle in the wake of the Depression was not fortuitous, and very few were made up to 1936; estimates range from forty to a few hundred.

The buff logbook suggests this beautifully restored 1936 Model 6/1 was originally fitted with a sidecar and owned from new until 1968 by George Clement Bastable of Catford, though it ceased to be licensed after 1965, presumably when it was declared a “Seriously damaged vehicle, total insurance loss.” After 1968, it moved quickly through owners in Kennington, Tooting and Brighton before being acquired by an enthusiast, Norman Devonshire, who is believed to have restored it to its present exceptional condition. It was bought by our vendor, a collector of rare and important historic motorcycles, in 2008, and having since been preserved on static display will now require recommissioning. It is sold with the V5C, an historic buff logbook, an original instruction book and a 1946 edition of The Book of the Triumph.

For more information, please contact:
Mike Davis
mike.davis@handh.co.uk
07718 584217