
LOT 592
c.1924 Douglas 2¾hp Model TS Registration no. BF 6316 Frame no. 58672 Engine no. 65886
Sold for £8,050 inc. premium
Lot 592
c.1924 Douglas 2¾hp Model TSRegistration no. BF 6316 Frame no. 58672 Engine no. 65886
The Autumn Stafford Sale – The Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show|16 October 2022, 10:00 BST|Stafford, Staffordshire County Showground
c.1924 Douglas 2¾hp Model TS
Registration no. BF 6316
Frame no. 58672
Engine no. 65886
Registration no. BF 6316
Frame no. 58672
Engine no. 65886
The Bristol-based Douglas Foundry took up motorcycle production in 1907 with a machine powered by a horizontally-opposed, twin-cylinder engine, and the company would keep faith with this layout until it ceased motorcycle production in 1957. Fore-and-aft installation made for a slim machine with a low centre of gravity, and the design's virtues were soon demonstrated in competition, 2¾hp Douglas machines taking 1st, 2nd and 4th places in the 1912 Junior TT in the Isle of Man. Douglas were quick to realise the advantages of the countershaft gearbox, its three-speed entries gaining the Team Prize in the 1914 Six Days Trial, a conspicuous success that resulted in the firm obtaining a wartime contract for the supply of military machines.
Douglas' success continued after The Great War. In its publicity announcing the 1924 models the company claimed that 'well over 75,000 Douglas 2¾hp machines are giving satisfaction every day to their owners.'
Purchased by the vendor approximately 4 years ago, this 2¾hp (350cc) Douglas is offered for sale following a period of storage and will therefore require some sympathetic recommissioning before returning to the road. It should be noted that at some point in its past, the front wheel has been changed (possibly in an attempt to improve the brakes from the original stirrup type front brake). Offered together with a current V5C and sold strictly as viewed.
Douglas' success continued after The Great War. In its publicity announcing the 1924 models the company claimed that 'well over 75,000 Douglas 2¾hp machines are giving satisfaction every day to their owners.'
Purchased by the vendor approximately 4 years ago, this 2¾hp (350cc) Douglas is offered for sale following a period of storage and will therefore require some sympathetic recommissioning before returning to the road. It should be noted that at some point in its past, the front wheel has been changed (possibly in an attempt to improve the brakes from the original stirrup type front brake). Offered together with a current V5C and sold strictly as viewed.
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