348cc AJS 7R 1950 ROAD REGISTERED V5C & BUFF LOG BOOK

AJS 7R

348cc

MANUFACTURED 1950 – FIRST REGISTERED 2ND AUGUST 1957

ROAD REGISTERED WITH V5C REGISTRATION DOCUMENT & BUFF LOG BOOK 

THIS IS A MATCHING FACTORY NUMBERS 7R, PURCHASED 20 YEARS AGO FROM RICHARD (DICK) ISLES, PRIVATE COLLECTOR OF RACING MACHINES , FORMERLY THE OWNER OF WHITTAKERS OF BLACKPOOL DEALERSHIP – THE BIKE WAS ON SHOW FOR MANY YEARS AT THE HOLKER HALL IN CUMBRIA.

RESTORED APPROXIMATELY 10 YEARS AGO , THE ENGINE WAS COMPLETELY STRIPPED AND REBUILT BY TED SCOTT OF VINCENT FAME AS IT HAD BEEN STANDING FOR YEARS . THE MAG WAS RESTORED BY APL . THE PISTON HAD NEW RINGS FITTED AND BEARINGS WERE REPLACED IN THE BOTTOM END.THE CARB WAS REJETTED AND CLEANED TO STANDARD SPEC. THE BIKE WILL NEED FRESH PETROL/OIL AND RECOMMISSIONING BEFORE USE.

IT IS BELIEVED THAT THIS MACHINE WAS RACED BY PHIL CARTER IN THE ISLE OF MAN TT JUNIOR RACES FINISHING 9th IN 1953 AND 11th IN 1955 (ALTHOUGH WE HAVE NO DOCUMENTED EVIDENCE OF THIS BEING THE ACTUAL BIKE JUST HEARSAY FROM PREVIOUS KEEPERS). ACCORDING TO THE BUFF LOG BOOK IT WAS OWNED BY PERCY HILTON OF PRESTON UNTIL 1961 THEN IT APPEARED TO HAVE CHANGED HANDS TO SEVERAL MOTOR CYCLE RACING ENTHUSIASTS AND DEALERS IN LANCASHIRE , GEORGE SHAW , JOHNY BRIGGS , ED TURNER ,T&D MOTORCYCLES , BERT ROBSON ,IAN THRELLFALL AND THEN TO DICK ISLES FROM BILL LITTLE IN AROUND 1965 WE BELIEVE. MOST OF THE OWNERS ARE NOW DECEASED UNFORTUNATELY AND MOST OF THEM PLAYED AT WEEKENDS WITH RACING , SPRINTING , HILL CLIMBS AND RACED ON THE SANDS AS WELL SO THIS BIKE HAS HAD A CHEQUERED HISTORY MAINLY IN LANCASHIRE SINCE ITS HEADY DAYS WITH PHIL CARTER IN THE TT, WHO ALSO RACED A NORTON AND WENT ON TO BE LOCAL IN NORTHWICH TO ME AND MENTIONED TO ME THAT HE HAD FOUND THE 7R RELIABLE BUT NOT AS FAST AS THE MOTO GUZZI AND NORTONS.

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