
LOT 661 N
1964 Montesa Impala Sport 175 Frame no. 3M2389 Engine no. 3M2389
Sold for £2,875 inc. premiumLot to be sold without reserve
Lot 661N
1964 Montesa Impala Sport 175 Frame no. 3M2389 Engine no. 3M2389
The Summer Sale - LIVE AND ONLINE - BICESTER HERITAGE|16 August 2020, 10:00 BST|Bicester, Bicester Heritage
1964 Montesa Impala Sport 175
Frame no. 3M2389
Engine no. 3M2389
Frame no. 3M2389
Engine no. 3M2389
Montesa was founded in the mid-1940s in Barcelona by Pedro Permanyer and Francisco Bulto. When cutbacks forced the closure of Montesa's competitions department in 1958, Bulto left the company to found Bultaco, but before then his engineering genius had bequeathed Montesa a range of popular two-stroke roadsters. The company first entered road racing in the late 1940s with a successful 98cc single, which as followed by a 125, and in 1946 Montesa won both the 100cc and 125cc Spanish national championships. Successful forays into international Grand Prix racing's 125cc class followed. Introduced in 1962, the Impala was Montesa's saviour, clawing back market share from Bultaco to such an extent that Montesa had to build a new factory to satisfy demand. A simple 175cc two-stroke single, the Impala had an unremarkable specification, yet its success demonstrated that it was just what the public wanted. A 250cc version soon followed. Stung by the success of Bultaco's new Sammy Miller-developed trials iron, Montesa returned to competitions in the late 1960s but from then onwards its impact on motorcycle sport would be in trials and moto-cross. This Impala Sport 175 had already been restored when it was purchased in Spain. There are no documents with this Lot.
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