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LOT 490

1939 Brough Superior 990cc SS80 Registration no. YXS 105 Frame no. M8/2195 Engine no. 39/X 5497

Sold for £37,950 inc. premium

1939 Brough Superior 990cc SS80
Registration no. YXS 105
Frame no. M8/2195
Engine no. 39/X 5497

This SS80 follows the line of 460 AMC-engined models built, of which some 300-or-so survive. The Brough was built by club stalwart Peter Tustin, between 2015 and 2018 out of parts accumulated over a very long period of time, and registered on an age-related plate in March 2019 (see Peter's hand-written notes on file). A Brough Superior Club letter on file states that frame 'M8/2195' was manufactured on 2nd August 1939, just before the factory switched to war work. It was never used in a complete motorcycle and languished in the works 'cellar' until the factory closed in 1970. The frame has since been rebuilt into a complete motorcycle using AMC engine number '39/X 5497', the latter dating from 1939 and of correct type, albeit one that started life in a Matchless. The gearbox ('SN.31472') is also of the same type used by Brough Superior in 1939. The numbered fuel and oil tanks came from slightly older Brough Superiors (1937 and 1935 respectively).

The machine was last run at the time of its completion in 2018 and will need recommissioning and careful running in prior to any extended use. Offered with a V5C. Key not required.

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