
LOT 240
1929 Royal Enfield 3½hp 488cc Model 505 Project Registration no. RX 3680 Frame no. 3133 Engine no. 381H
Sold for £4,600 inc. premiumLot to be sold without reserve
Lot 240
1929 Royal Enfield 3½hp 488cc Model 505 Project
The Autumn Stafford Sale - The Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show|13 October 2024, 11:00 BST|Stafford, Staffordshire County Showground
1929 Royal Enfield 3½hp 488cc Model 505 Project
Registration no. RX 3680
Frame no. 3133
Engine no. 381H
Registration no. RX 3680
Frame no. 3133
Engine no. 381H
Royal Enfield's origins can be traced back to a small light engineering firm - George Townsend & Company - founded in Redditch, Worcestershire, in mid-Victorian times. The firm moved into bicycle manufacture and by the turn of the Century had been reorganised as the Enfield Cycle Company, makers of the 'Royal Enfield'. By 1904 the firm was concentrating on car production, resuming motorcycle manufacture in 1910 with a v-twin Motosacoche-powered lightweight which was followed by the famous JAP v-twin-engined 7hp sidecar outfit for 1912. Enfield's first 350cc single appeared in 1924 in overhead-valve and side valve versions, both of which used engines supplied by J A Prestwich. The JAP engine gave way to one of Royal Enfield's own manufacture for 1925, and in 1927 the firm introduced its first 500cc (3½hp) model, which used the 1,000cc v-twin's 85.5x85mm bore/stroke dimensions for an actual capacity of 488cc. A Model 505 overhead-valve sports version joined the sidevalve original for 1929 and saddle tanks were adopted for most models that same year.
Last used on the 19th Irish National Assembly, this wonderful 'barn find' Model 505 is offered in need of complete restoration (the engine does not turn). Sold strictly as viewed, the machine is offered with an old-style continuation logbook (issued 1971) and an old-style V5 (the registration 'RX 3680' is on the HPI database).
Last used on the 19th Irish National Assembly, this wonderful 'barn find' Model 505 is offered in need of complete restoration (the engine does not turn). Sold strictly as viewed, the machine is offered with an old-style continuation logbook (issued 1971) and an old-style V5 (the registration 'RX 3680' is on the HPI database).
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