Here is a rather later version from the Factory (David Wrights book) but I am sure I have seen one earlier with "Vincent" instead of "Black Shadow"
First Black Shadow - Stevenage workers
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It states cylinder head and barrels anodized black with polished edges all the bike's you see now are completely black. It would be nice to see some finished with the polished edges
I think like the laboratory tested magneto the polished fin ends went by the wayside as production ramped up, it may well have been a change in end form of the fins and replica replacement barrels that led to that. All the emulations of polished ends I have seen (There was a glut in the late 60's) seem to be on square fin ends almost a turned finish whereas all the barrels I have to hand are quite tapered at the edges(which I believe is the most efficient) but that polished end does look good even if its an effect that does not age well....
get your files out!
get your files out!
i don't know if the barrels i have fitted are replica or original, how do you tell, casting marks?, But as vibrac states, the fins do have a square profile edge.
Will someone post the the Vincent pages from The Motor Cycle, February 19, 1948.
And the AD in The Motor Cycle from the very next week issue February 26, 1948.
Thank you
Craig
Here is the cover of Feb 19, 1948 Motor Cycling
I don't have a copy yet and the cover does not display any Vincent material, but I know inside it has an article on Black Shadow.
Here are pages 12 and 13
I was able to purchase this copy and it is the mail to me.
And the AD in The Motor Cycle from the very next week issue February 26, 1948.
Thank you
Craig
Here is the cover of Feb 19, 1948 Motor Cycling
I don't have a copy yet and the cover does not display any Vincent material, but I know inside it has an article on Black Shadow.
Here are pages 12 and 13
I was able to purchase this copy and it is the mail to me.
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