LOT 363

The Anthony R. East Classic Motorcycle Collection 1956 Norton 596cc Dominator 99 Registration no. MAN-99-N (Isle of Man) Frame no. L14 67735 Engine no. 67735 L14

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Lot 363

The Anthony R. East Classic Motorcycle Collection, 1956 Norton 596cc Dominator 99

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
1956 Norton 596cc Dominator 99
Registration no. MAN-99-N (Isle of Man)
Frame no. L14 67735
Engine no. 67735 L14

Introduced for 1956, the 596cc Dominator 99 was outwardly identical to the existing Dominator 88. Endowed with greater power and higher gearing enabling it to top the magic 'ton', the 99 nevertheless retained all the excellent handling and steering characteristics associated with the Featherbed chassis. One of the Rockers' favourites, the 99 remained essentially unchanged, apart from gaining alternator/coil-ignition electrics for 1958, until dropped in 1962.

The accompanying Norton Owners Club letter states that this motorcycle was dispatched from the factory on 15th February 1956 and first owned by a Mr Marshall of Green Bank, Northwich, Cheshire, while the old-style continuation logbook (issued 1962) records the machine as still being in the Cheshire area in the 1970s. Originally registered in the UK as 'XTE 682', this Dominator 99 was first registered in the Isle of Man in October 1996 and to Tony East in October 1997, the previous owner being Mr Douglas Davidson of Union Mills. Restored throughout and very nicely presented, the machine is offered with; old/current Isle of Man registration documents; a BMS photocopy workshop manual; and numerous invoices totalling £9,052 relating to its restoration by Bryan Small. The Norton was last taxed to 31st January 2011 and the current odometer reading is 2,638 miles.

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