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LOT 323

The Clive Wood MBE Collection 1932 Douglas 350cc Model A32 Registration no. DG 4735 Frame no. none visible (FC447 to V5 and Douglas Machine Register) Engine no. EV753 (see text)

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Lot 323

The Clive Wood MBE Collection, 1932 Douglas 350cc Model A32

The Clive Wood MBE Collection
1932 Douglas 350cc Model A32
Registration no. DG 4735
Frame no. none visible (FC447 to V5 and Douglas Machine Register)
Engine no. EV753 (see text)

Winner of the inaugural Isle of Man Sidecar TT in 1923 when he rode the legendary Douglas 'banking' sidecar outfit, ace rider/engineer Freddie Dixon began a fruitful association with the Bristol-based firm and in 1925 took up a technical post within the company where one of his first commissions was designing the S5 and S6 models. Launched at the 1929 Olympia Show, the 'Dixon Douglases' set new standards of quietness and refinement for the motorcycle industry. Of advanced design, the duo featured sidevalve engines with detachable cylinder heads, fully enclosed valve gear, dry-sump lubrication, cast-in inlet manifolding for better cold starting, gear-driven 'pancake' dynamo, and unusually long service intervals. Although he left Douglas early in 1930, Dixon's influence showed in its 1931 range. The new A31 (A32 for 1932) carried on the themes of usability and refinement established by the S5/S6. A lightweight machine weighing below the 224lb taxation limit then in force, it sold for £41 complete with full electric lighting.

This Douglas A32 comes with its original buff logbook recording the first owner as a Mr Ivor Wright of Cardiff and the original engine as 'FV328'. Additional documentation includes correspondence; technical literature; and an old-style V5. Acquired by the late owner in 1989, the machine is an older restoration offered for recommissioning, or possibly more extensive renovation, and thus is sold strictly as viewed.

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