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<blockquote data-quote="timetraveller" data-source="post: 126271" data-attributes="member: 456"><p>It also has to be noted that Vincents themselves also restamped numbers. Some of you will know that I own the prototype Black Knight complete with the original buff log book. In there the engine number is stamped and then at a later date that number, still clearly visible, has been replaced by another in red. I never paid any attention to this as I know the whole history of the bike after it left the works but on one occasion I was discussing this with Vince Farrell. He had the idea that Vincents used any number they liked until such time as the bike was sold and passed into public ownership at which stage they would put the correct number on the paperwork. It was years later when our present very thorough machine registrar was discussing this when he got me to photograph the various numbers on the engine. It was only after taking a close up picture of the engine number that I could see that it had been overstamped and it is possible to make out both of the numbers in the log book.</p><p>On another matter in a different thread regarding the quality of the material originally used for valve and tappet inspection caps. Remember that this was a protoype bike and lots of the parts show evidence of that. One such item was the D breather which had been made up from a standard cap with a welded on boss to take the banjo bolt so in1954 they were able too weld those components well enough to last for years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="timetraveller, post: 126271, member: 456"] It also has to be noted that Vincents themselves also restamped numbers. Some of you will know that I own the prototype Black Knight complete with the original buff log book. In there the engine number is stamped and then at a later date that number, still clearly visible, has been replaced by another in red. I never paid any attention to this as I know the whole history of the bike after it left the works but on one occasion I was discussing this with Vince Farrell. He had the idea that Vincents used any number they liked until such time as the bike was sold and passed into public ownership at which stage they would put the correct number on the paperwork. It was years later when our present very thorough machine registrar was discussing this when he got me to photograph the various numbers on the engine. It was only after taking a close up picture of the engine number that I could see that it had been overstamped and it is possible to make out both of the numbers in the log book. On another matter in a different thread regarding the quality of the material originally used for valve and tappet inspection caps. Remember that this was a protoype bike and lots of the parts show evidence of that. One such item was the D breather which had been made up from a standard cap with a welded on boss to take the banjo bolt so in1954 they were able too weld those components well enough to last for years. [/QUOTE]
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