LOT 753
1967 Velocette 499cc Venom Thruxton Registration no. JOE 906E Frame no. RS19208 Engine no. VMT 506
Sold for £23,000 inc. premium
Lot 753
1967 Velocette 499cc Venom ThruxtonRegistration no. JOE 906E Frame no. RS19208 Engine no. VMT 506
1967 Velocette 499cc Venom Thruxton
Registration no. JOE 906E
Frame no. RS19208
Engine no. VMT 506
Registration no. JOE 906E
Frame no. RS19208
Engine no. VMT 506
• Motorcycle engineer owner
• Cylinder head overhauled and dynamo reconditioned recently
"Prestige machine of the pushrod range was the Venom Thruxton 500. It incorporated all the accumulated experience gained in the years the Venom Clubman has been raced in long-distance events, plus the development of the 12 and 24-hour record breaker." – C E A 'Titch' Allen, The Velocette Saga.
Production race successes, notably in the Thruxton 500 Mile event prompted Veloce Ltd to adopt that name for their newly introduced top-of-the-range sports roadster in 1964. Based on the existing Venom, the Thruxton featured a tuned engine with revised big-valve cylinder head, Amal GP carburettor, clip-on handlebars, rear-set footrests and a twin-leading-shoe front brake as standard equipment. Although the Thruxton took its name from the eponymous Hampshire racing circuit, arguably its finest hour came in 1967 when Manxman Neil Kelly won the '500' class in the Isle of Man TT's Production race, newly introduced for that year.
Although much admired by the café racing fraternity, the Thruxton's necessarily high price limited its appeal to a select handful of wealthy connoisseurs. It is thought that as few as 1,100 were made by the factory (with a further 55-60 assembled from parts by main dealers) and today the Thruxton is one of the most sought after of post-war Velocettes.
Factory records show that this Thruxton was despatched from Hall Green on 28th February 1967, bound for the Colmore Depot dealership in Birmingham, and sold new to a Mr T A Needham. Formerly belonging to the noted Velocette collector, Ken Gardiner, the machine was purchased by the vendor from a deceased's estate in 2019. The current vendor is a renowned and highly capable motorcycle engineer, during whose ownership the frame has been powder coated, the cylinder head overhauled by KTT Services, and dynamo reconditioned (bills on file). The Velo was last ridden in 2012 but has been started recently and should require only minimal re-commissioning before returning to the road. Accompanying paperwork includes an old-style continuation logbook (1972), Thruxton Register dating letter, and old/current V5C documents.
• Cylinder head overhauled and dynamo reconditioned recently
"Prestige machine of the pushrod range was the Venom Thruxton 500. It incorporated all the accumulated experience gained in the years the Venom Clubman has been raced in long-distance events, plus the development of the 12 and 24-hour record breaker." – C E A 'Titch' Allen, The Velocette Saga.
Production race successes, notably in the Thruxton 500 Mile event prompted Veloce Ltd to adopt that name for their newly introduced top-of-the-range sports roadster in 1964. Based on the existing Venom, the Thruxton featured a tuned engine with revised big-valve cylinder head, Amal GP carburettor, clip-on handlebars, rear-set footrests and a twin-leading-shoe front brake as standard equipment. Although the Thruxton took its name from the eponymous Hampshire racing circuit, arguably its finest hour came in 1967 when Manxman Neil Kelly won the '500' class in the Isle of Man TT's Production race, newly introduced for that year.
Although much admired by the café racing fraternity, the Thruxton's necessarily high price limited its appeal to a select handful of wealthy connoisseurs. It is thought that as few as 1,100 were made by the factory (with a further 55-60 assembled from parts by main dealers) and today the Thruxton is one of the most sought after of post-war Velocettes.
Factory records show that this Thruxton was despatched from Hall Green on 28th February 1967, bound for the Colmore Depot dealership in Birmingham, and sold new to a Mr T A Needham. Formerly belonging to the noted Velocette collector, Ken Gardiner, the machine was purchased by the vendor from a deceased's estate in 2019. The current vendor is a renowned and highly capable motorcycle engineer, during whose ownership the frame has been powder coated, the cylinder head overhauled by KTT Services, and dynamo reconditioned (bills on file). The Velo was last ridden in 2012 but has been started recently and should require only minimal re-commissioning before returning to the road. Accompanying paperwork includes an old-style continuation logbook (1972), Thruxton Register dating letter, and old/current V5C documents.
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