Sales Catalogues

For 1938 New Imperial Motors of Hall Green, Birmingham appeared to be running strong with the manufacturing of their machines. An impressive line up with hand change, foot change, beautifully cast alloy primary chain cases, cantilever spring frames on most models and their unit construction design. But tough times were coming and sadly New Imperial […]

By 1930 the outlook for Humber Ltd, of Coventry was not that great and by 1931 they had ceased production of all motorcycles so this is probably one of the last Export Edition sales brochures made available to the public. Even with their 3 models on offer – their 3.49hp (or 349cc) side valve, OHV,

Yet another sales catalogue from the very popular Velocette marque. Veloce, of the Hall Green Works, produced 6 models for 1939, the 250cc 2 stroke GTP, the 250cc ohv MOV, the 350cc ohv MAC, the OHC KTS and KSS, and 500cc ohv MSS. There is a bit more modern styling from the 1932 catalogue as

Like all manufacturers in the early 1930s Matchless of Plumstead were fighting furiously for their share of the motorcycle sales market after the turmoil of the 1929 Great Depression. This catalogue is such an indication of Matchless managements confidence in the motorcycle market improving and is presenting 11 models for the 1933 riding season. It

Perhaps the best sales catalogue to present a manufacturers machines are the complete booklet type with individual pages per model, the other type are the fold out wall poster type which can be a challenge to publish, especially if they are of quite a large size and require outside sources to scan. Even more of