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LOT 258

Property of a deceased's estate 1954 DOT 197cc TDHX Trials Registration no. GDO 762 Frame no. H531069 Engine no. 375A 773 (see text)

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Lot 258

Property of a deceased's estate, 1954 DOT 197cc TDHX Trials

Property of a deceased's estate
1954 DOT 197cc TDHX Trials
Registration no. GDO 762
Frame no. H531069
Engine no. 375A 773 (see text)

In post-war years, Manchester-based Dot concentrated on the production of (mainly) Villiers-engined lightweights, becoming a major force in the trials and scrambles fields. The Dot was the most successful lightweight scrambler from the late 1940s to the 1960s when Greeves took over, often having the beating of larger-engined and better-funded rivals on numerous occasions. Dot also offered a trials model, although major successes in that discipline would not be achieved until 1958 and the return from National Service of star rider Eric Adcock, who would go on to win over 750 awards for the Mancunian manufacturer.

This Dot's supplying dealer's plaque shows that it was sold new by Beamish (Motors) Ltd of Portslade, Sussex. Apparently an older restoration, the machine is offered for recommissioning or further restoration (the engine turns over) and thus is sold strictly as viewed. It comes with an old-style green logbook for the registration 'GDO 762'; however, that registration is not listed in the DVLA/HPI database; hence the machine is offered unregistered. It should also be noted that the logbook records a different engine number. Additional documentation consists of bills for parts dating from the 1970s, and three editions of the Dot Owners Club newsletter.
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