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<blockquote data-quote="A_HRD" data-source="post: 74592" data-attributes="member: 49"><p>The real blame is squarely with the auctioneer. I shall never forgive them for what they did. I know the bike (having worked on it to some extent) and the late owner was a friend of mine. The Moulton parts have been with the bike since they were fitted in the 1940s. The late owner elected to put it back to standard for a short while - so that he could research the Moulton pile of bits, restore them and have the few missing small parts (mainly brackets) manufactured - with a view to fitment in the near future. Alas, due to cancer, that was not to be. The family had the bike completed, as original, and then put it in the hands of the auctioneer<em> - complete with the box of unrestored Moulton bits which represent a major part of this bike's one-off history. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p>So guess what the auctioneers did then; they sold-off the box of Moulton bits, for a pittance, to a third party even before the bike auction took place. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite12" alt="o_O" title="Er... what? o_O" loading="lazy" data-shortname="o_O" /> <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> So now this piece of HRD history is lost - unless by some miracle the right bike and Moulton parts get reunited sometime in the future.....</p><p></p><p>Peter B</p><p>Bristol, UK.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="A_HRD, post: 74592, member: 49"] The real blame is squarely with the auctioneer. I shall never forgive them for what they did. I know the bike (having worked on it to some extent) and the late owner was a friend of mine. The Moulton parts have been with the bike since they were fitted in the 1940s. The late owner elected to put it back to standard for a short while - so that he could research the Moulton pile of bits, restore them and have the few missing small parts (mainly brackets) manufactured - with a view to fitment in the near future. Alas, due to cancer, that was not to be. The family had the bike completed, as original, and then put it in the hands of the auctioneer[I] - complete with the box of unrestored Moulton bits which represent a major part of this bike's one-off history. [/I] So guess what the auctioneers did then; they sold-off the box of Moulton bits, for a pittance, to a third party even before the bike auction took place. :eek::rolleyes::eek::rolleyes:o_O :( So now this piece of HRD history is lost - unless by some miracle the right bike and Moulton parts get reunited sometime in the future..... Peter B Bristol, UK. [/QUOTE]
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