LOT 494

1958 Velocette 200cc Valiant Registration no. 248 AAC Frame no. 2234-33 Engine no. V200/2019

Sold for £3,795 inc. premiumLot to be sold without reserve

Lot 494

1958 Velocette 200cc Valiant

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

1958 Velocette 200cc Valiant
Registration no. 248 AAC
Frame no. 2234-33
Engine no. V200/2019

A sports version of Velocette's LE must have seemed improbable but nevertheless the factory went ahead with the idea, launching the Valiant in 1957. More conventional than its predecessor, the Valiant boasted a tubular cradle frame, air cooling, overhead valves, twin carburettors and a four-speed, foot-change gearbox but was otherwise mechanically almost identical to the LE. Visually, the sporting Valiant could not have been more different but the model was expensive for a machine that was not a full 250 and sales were disappointing. Production ceased in 1964. This Velocette Valiant appeared in APB Films Ltd's 2012 production of The Bomb. The call sheet and other paperwork on file shows that John Marchant was owner at that time; however, the old V5C shows that John acquired the Velo from a Mr Parker of Hawick in 2014. Presumably, John had sold the Velocette to Mr Parker some time after 2012 and then bought it back from him in 2014. In the sales listing from 2014 it was described as being an 18,000-miles-from-new machine with original paint. The original buff logbook lists four owners between September 1958 and March 1977 (the HPI records five previous keepers). Also on file is a quantity of photocopied literature; a current V5C document; various manuals and a spares list; and a copy of Pitman's The Book of the Velocette.

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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This Lot will be auctioned on Sunday 21 April starting at 11am GMT.

Saleroom notices

The V5C and HPI record the engine number as 2200/20/9 which is believed to be an old typographical error. The machine is offered with a key.

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