LOT 594

c.1952/48 Vincent 998cc Series-C Rapide Project Registration no. not registered Frame no. RC/11265 Rear frame no. RC/1/6302 Engine no. F10/AB/1/268 Crankcase mating no. C70

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Lot 594

c.1952/48 Vincent 998cc Series-C Rapide Project
Registration no. not registered Frame no. RC/11265 Rear frame no. RC/1/6302 Engine no. F10/AB/1/268 Crankcase mating no. C70

The Winter Sale - including The National Motorcycle Museum Reserve Collection - Bicester Heritage|12 December 2020, 10:00 GMT|Bicester, Bicester Heritage

c.1952/48 Vincent 998cc Series-C Rapide Project
Registration no. not registered
Frame no. RC/11265 Rear frame no. RC/1/6302
Engine no. F10/AB/1/268 Crankcase mating no. C70

This non-matching numbers Vincent Rapide consists of a main frame that formed part of a Series-C Rapide despatched to Kempster in London in October 1952; the rear frame from a Series-C Comet that went to Conway Motors in West London in July 1950; and the engine from a Series-B Rapide that was sent to Huxham's in Bournemouth in August 1948. The Vincent was purchased by the current vendor at Bonhams' Oxford sale in June 2014 as a dismantled restoration project, having been owned for some 30 or so years and dry stored by the previous owner's family. However, a change of plan has meant that the current vendor has not started the restoration and the Vincent has remained in dry storage. Only loosely bolted together and believed relatively complete, the Rapide is now offered for sale requiring full restoration. We are informed by the vendor that the engine turns over and that the gearbox selects all gears. There are no documents with this Lot, which is sold strictly as viewed.

Footnotes

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