LOT 489

1936 Triumph 249cc Model L2/1 Registration no. DKK 528 Frame no. L.1826 and F1319 Engine no. 1.L6.1948.

Sold for £7,130 inc. premiumLot to be sold without reserve

Lot 489

1936 Triumph 249cc Model L2/1

The Spring Stafford Sale - The International Classic MotorCycle Show|21 April 2024, 11:00 BST|Stafford, Staffordshire County Showground

1936 Triumph 249cc Model L2/1
Registration no. DKK 528
Frame no. L.1826 and F1319
Engine no. 1.L6.1948.

Just as he had done at Ariel in the 1920s, Val Page transformed his employer's ageing range on his arrival at Triumph as Chief Designer in 1932. The new line-up comprised overhead-valve and sidevalve singles in capacities ranging from 250cc to 500cc, plus the range-topping 650cc 6/1 sidecar tug.

This handsome Val Page-designed Triumph has been used in the film Enigma (2001), the TV film Gathering Storm (2002) and two TV series: Just William and Foyle's War (see photographs on file). The Triumph was purchased for £10 in 1972 from a Mr R L Sapworth of Dartford, Kent and has belonged to the Marchants ever since (purchase receipt on file). Mr Sapworth was the recorded keeper in 1942, as recorded in the old-style continuation logbook dated 1954, which shows that 'DKK 528' was continuously taxed between September 1954 and July 1958. While in the present ownership the Triumph has been used on various VMCC runs and events (its VMCC Register Number is '11166'). Also on file is a quantity of old MoTs dating back to 1977; old/current V5/V5C documents; a quantity of invoices dating from 1980 and 2001; and old tax discs for the period 1978 to 2014 as well as an original 1957 tax disc on the machine. A copy of Pitman's The Book of the Triumph and various photocopied instruction and parts manuals are included in the sale.

This machine has been stored in dry conditions and has seen little or no use since 2016. Accordingly, it is sold strictly as viewed and may require varying degrees of recommissioning and/or restoration prior to further use.

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