LOT 581

Property of a deceased's estate c.1922 Triumph 4hp Model SD Registration no. to be advised Frame no. 323565 Engine no. 76107 URT

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Lot 581

Property of a deceased's estate, c.1922 Triumph 4hp Model SD
Registration no. to be advised Frame no. 323565 Engine no. 76107 URT

The Autumn Stafford Sale – The Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show|16 October 2022, 10:00 BST|Stafford, Staffordshire County Showground

Property of a deceased's estate
c.1922 Triumph 4hp Model SD
Registration no. to be advised
Frame no. 323565
Engine no. 76107 URT

The first Triumph motorcycle of 1902 used a Belgian Minerva engine, but within a few years the Coventry firm - originally bicycle manufacturers - was building its own power units. By the outbreak of the Great War the marque's reputation for quality and reliability was well established, leading to substantial orders from the military. Triumph's 3½hp model first appeared in 1907. Originally of 453cc, its sidevalve engine was enlarged to 476cc in 1908, and finally to 499cc in 1910 before being superseded by the 4hp model in 1914. Equipped with three-speed Sturmey-Archer gearbox, it was Triumph's revised 4hp - the Model H - that did such sterling service in WWI, some 30,000 'Trusty Triumphs' seeing action with Allied forces. Up-dated with chain final drive for 1920, it became known as the 'SD' (Spring Drive) because of its clutch-mounted coil-spring shock absorber, and formed the basis of the later four-valve Ricardo model.

The late owner purchased this SD from Peter and Barbara Russell in November 2011, at which time it was registered 'BF 4960' (sale receipt on file). In a letter on file, dated August 2002, Mr Russell traces the Triumph's ownership back via Mr G Crump, from whom he had purchased it, to a Mr Bettinson who had sold it to Mr Crump some 15 years previously. Mr Peter Russell used the Triumph on the Banbury Run in 2003 and 2004. The bike was last taxed in 2015. Accompanying documentation includes a continuation logbook (1974); a quantity of expired MoTs; SORN paperwork; VMCC dating statement; copy V5C; and a reproduction parts list.
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