LOT 121

Property of a deceased's estate 1929 Norton 348cc Model JE Registration no. OF 6041 Frame no. 38125 Engine no. JE1174

Sold for £13,225 inc. premiumLot to be sold without reserve

Lot 121

Property of a deceased's estate, 1929 Norton 348cc Model JE
Registration no. OF 6041 Frame no. 38125 Engine no. JE1174

The Summer Sale - The International Classic MotorCycle Show (Three-Day Auction)|2 July 2021, 12:00 BST|Stafford, Staffordshire County Showground

Property of a deceased's estate
1929 Norton 348cc Model JE
Registration no. OF 6041
Frame no. 38125
Engine no. JE1174

A new introduction for 1929, the 348cc JE was the 'junior' version of Norton's ES2 sports roadster. Introduced at the 1927 Motor Cycle Show, the ES2 used the Model 18's 490cc overhead-valve engine in the cradle frame of the overhead-camshaft CS1, and from then onwards the 'ES2' designation was always applied to Norton's top-of-the-range overhead-valve sports single. The ES2 was built in several versions during a production run lasting until 1963. The JE, though, did not last anything like as long, disappearing from the range at the end of the 1931 season. Norton did not list an OHV '350' again until 1933, and when it did the designation had changed to 'Model 50'. In production for just a few years, the JE is one of the rarest of Norton's pre-war production roadsters.
This JE's history file consists mainly of colour photographs, some annotated, charting its progress from a dismantled restoration project in January 2009 to a participant in the VMCC's 'Festival of 1,000 Bikes' in July of that year! The Norton was back at Mallory for the next two Festivals, and the related competitor numbers and photographs may be found in the file together with its 2009 MoT certificate and an old-style V5C document. This motorcycle's condition, completeness, and correctness is not known and thus it is sold strictly as viewed.

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