It is still with a relative.If it is #5, it made its way to Argentina for Alex Noftsger to buy a few decades later. Any good rumors on who bought it from Alex's estate?
It is still with a relative.If it is #5, it made its way to Argentina for Alex Noftsger to buy a few decades later. Any good rumors on who bought it from Alex's estate?
Looking at your 2 photos, I see a strut going from the front/top of the RFM (where the rear of the spring box mounts) to the top of the rear mudguard, just in front of the front hinge (I can't quite tell if it is to one of the hinge bolts or is separate). Is that something that was original or added by a prior owner? I have never noticed this before.I have a very original 1947.
They were.Were the HRD tank top decals used on the steering head of early Rapides? I see most restorations have this steering head decal, but were they originally placed there?
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They don't appear in any contemporary photographs.Looking at your 2 photos, I see a strut going from the front/top of the RFM (where the rear of the spring box mounts) to the top of the rear mudguard, just in front of the front hinge (I can't quite tell if it is to one of the hinge bolts or is separate). Is that something that was original or added by a prior owner? I have never noticed this before.
Hi Craig,The Motor Cycle magazine May 29, 1947
Is the engine number known on the Rapide tested in this issue of The Motor Cycle? Specifically the left and right side photos.
No water excluders, horizontal rear stand mount, Miller 42E, and simply the date will make this fairly low number Rapide.
Can anyone supply the engine numbers of any period photos (1947) of 47 B Rapides?
UK magazines, Australian mags, USA mags, German, Swedish, Italian, Spanish, etc?
Thanks
Craig
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Would you have PDF of that, please?The riders handbook I am referencing/researching/quoting discusses the replacement of 3 1/2" dynamo with 3" dynamo....so probably issued mid/late 1948?