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This is the first but probably not the last page devoted to another British Marque (and also made in Birmingham) of
Motorbike to serve in the British armed forces in substantial numbers during WWII
Our roving correspondant at large in
Libya has been sniffing out more old WD War Machines - best find recently is this second Norton 16h in Tripoli the countrys
capital, and what is claimed to be a New Old Stock BSA WM20 engine lump complete with magdyno, Ill slap up a photo of that
elsewhere but here you can drool over yet another restoration candidate - this time in much better condition than the relic
dragged from the dunes featured below.
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| Tripoli Norton 16h Left side |
| Right side click pic to enlarge |
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| The engine has compression! |
| Close up of engine area - broken fins and all |
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| A bit dinged about but a good candidate |
| As far as I know the bike is for sale |
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| Getting it out of Libya might be a problem though |
| Last Pic - click on pic to show full size |
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| Wish I had the funds to get it for myself |
Below we have still my firm favourite - I mean
you cant get much more authentic than dragged from the dunes of the battlefields of El Alemein, It might be all over rusty
but with a LOT of TLC I think it could be restored to working order - never concours condition but I wouldnt care with such
a historic bike - and I would try and use 99% of the original parts too! Sigh! we can but dream.....
| A real battlefield find! |
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| Amazingly intact WD Norton 16H |
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