Sold for £3,565
(including buyers premium)
Registration No: 921 GKN
Frame No: RS 10294
Engine No: MAC 24761
CC: 350
MOT: Exempt
RESERVE REDUCED
Velocette is the brand name of motorcycles made by Veloce Ltd in Hall Green, Birmingham between 1904 and 1971. One of several motorcycle manufacturers in Birmingham, Velocette was a family-owned firm selling almost as many hand-built motorcycles during its lifetime as the mass-produced machines from the likes of Triumph and Norton. Veloce, while small, was a great technical innovator and many of its patented designs were commonplace on motorcycles today, including the positive-stop foot shift and swinging arm rear suspension with hydraulic dampers. Renowned for the quality of its products, the company was "always in the picture" in international motorcycle racing from the mid-1920s through to the 1950s, culminating in two 350cc World Championship titles. The first version of the Velocette MAC was launched in 1933 and was developed from the overhead valve Velocette MOV 250. A reliable single-cylinder design, the MAC coped well with the low-grade post-war petrol and was a popular all-rounder amongst motorcyclist in the 1950s.
This 1959 MAC, part of a deceased estate, is fitted with Akront alloy rims and has spent a lot of its life on the Isle of Man since being bought by the vendor in the early 1990s. On being repatriated back to the mainland it has been put back onto its original UK registration number and comes supplied with a few old MOTs, a continuation green logbook and a current V5C. Please note; the engine must have been changed at some point from its original 25199 to the current 24761 but the original number is still showing on the V5C.
For more information, please contact:
Ian Cunningham
ian.cunningham@handh.co.uk
07415 871189
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Auction: National Motorcycle Museum | Solihull, West Midlands, 15th Nov, 2023
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