LOT 352

The Anthony R. East Classic Motorcycle Collection 1958 Dot 197cc Mancunian Registration no. FYI 269 (Republic of Ireland) Frame no. M560753 Engine no. 455B 3196

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Lot 352

The Anthony R. East Classic Motorcycle Collection, 1958 Dot 197cc Mancunian

The Autumn Stafford Sale – The Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show|14 October 2023, 10:30 BST|Stafford, Staffordshire County Showground

The Anthony R. East Classic Motorcycle Collection
1958 Dot 197cc Mancunian
Registration no. FYI 269 (Republic of Ireland)
Frame no. M560753
Engine no. 455B 3196

That the Manchester marque's initials stand for 'Devoid Of Trouble' is well known, although, curiously, the company did not use the slogan until 1923, by which time 'The Dot' had been around for 20 years. In post-war years Dot concentrated on producing Villiers-engined lightweights, becoming a major force in the trials and scrambles fields; indeed, the Dot was the most successful lightweight scrambler from the late 1940s right up to the 1960s when Greeves took over. Having dropped its road models at the end of 1953, Dot returned to the market in late 1955 with the Villiers 9E-powered Mancunian, a conventional enough machine apart from its use of Dot's trademark leading-link front fork. The Mancunian cost £169 17s and was last produced in 1958.

This example of a rare British two-stroke comes with its old Irish logbook recording the first owner as a Mr Downey of Harold's Cross, Dublin, and that it was owned by a Mr Gallagher in Donegal in 1960. The Dot was taxed from 1958 through to 1979. It appears that Tony East bought the machine from Forest Classics in Hale, Hampshire.
Restored throughout, the Dot has covered only six miles since the rebuild's completion and is presented in stunning condition. Accompanying documentation consists of Bryan Small's restoration invoice totalling £7,829; a photograph of the machine pre-restoration; an Irish tax disc from 1981; a quantity of restoration invoices; and original Dot sales literature including a supplement for the Mancunian.

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