
LOT 32
c.1938 Triumph 500cc Model 5/Tiger 90 (see text) Registration no. not registered Frame no. 8131U1 Engine no. 1.23.8748 (see text)
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Lot 32
c.1938 Triumph 500cc Model 5/Tiger 90 (see text)Registration no. not registered Frame no. 8131U1 Engine no. 1.23.8748 (see text)
c.1938 Triumph 500cc Model 5/Tiger 90 (see text)
Registration no. not registered
Frame no. 8131U1
Engine no. 1.23.8748 (see text)
Registration no. not registered
Frame no. 8131U1
Engine no. 1.23.8748 (see text)
Just as he had done at Ariel in the 1920s, Val Page transformed his employer's ageing range on his arrival as Triumph's Chief Designer in 1932. The new line-up comprised overhead-valve and sidevalve singles in capacities ranging from 250cc to 500cc, plus the range-topping 650cc 6/1 sidecar tug. Endowed with distinctive timing-gear covers - a feature Page would employ at BSA later in the decade - the engines were simple yet robust in construction and amenable to a fair degree of tuning in the case of the overhead-valve units. A brilliant stylist, Turner transformed the Page-designed overhead-valve singles by adopting sports specification engines, high level exhausts, chromed fuel tanks and a new name: 'Tiger'. At time of cataloguing it had not been possible to determine whether this machine is a Tiger 90 or one of the lesser Model 5 variants. There are no documents with this Lot and it appears that the engine number may have been re-stamped.
Saleroom notices
The frame number is indistinct and appears to read 8D31U1 . Close inspection advised and bidders must satisfy themselves as to the originality of the frame and engine number stampings. Please click the link to view the walkaround video of Lot 32: click here


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