Lot details Registration No: NPD122D Frame No: S7CC239/6/122/63294 Engine No: F10AB12737 cc: 1000 MOT Expiry Date: None
Registered in August 1966 as a Vincent Norton it appears that NPD was built using a Norton International rolling chassis and Vincent Rapide engine by Eddie Poole in Cobham. The present owner acquired the machine in running order in 1969 from Mr Poole as requiring a few small jobs to make it roadworthy!' The new owner of NPD soon discovered that the motor was tired and needed a rebuild, which, along with work and family commitments, delayed the project's completion until 1973. Sadly with less than 1000 miles under its belt NPD was involved in a collision with a car pulling out at a road junction whilst being ridden by the present owner who sustained relatively minor injuries. However, NPD was damaged and once again ended up in the workshop. At the time a Parkin Vincent frame was available and acquired by the vendor to replace the badly damaged Norton frame, with a view to a rebuild! Sadly this never happened and the machine has remained in a dismantled state, though remaining complete except for the front wheel, petrol tank and the Norton frame loop, which were all badly damaged in the accident.
The project offered does however include the Manx type swinging arm, conical rear wheel and rear subframe and the original featherbed headstock tube in addition to the Parkin frame, which gives the buyer a choice of rebuilding the bike using the Parkin frame or rebuilding the featherbed frame! The engine, though dismantled appears complete and in good order with reinstated rear crankcase mounts, gearbox, clutch, 150mph speedometer and chronometric tachometer, and quantity of small parts commensurate with a dismantled machine and a documents file with correspondence between Mr Poole and the present owner, receipts, notes etc
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