November 2020 – Barnstormers NZ

Billy (William M.) Davy – A 1920s Engineering Wizard?

Barnstormers Remembered, True Barnstormers of NZ. / McSnotty

In June 2009 we featured a piece about W.M. Davy from NZ converting a 2 3/4hp side valve Douglas engine into a OHC. The article came from a 1920s edition of the English motorcycling magazine The Motorcycle. Not much else was printed and so here endeth the story. Well, Graeme from New Plymouth has passed […]

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1923 Whitley Sidecar Sales Catalogue

The Whitley Manufacturing Co, of Coventry was in sidecar production from 1922 to 1929. This is a small 7 page sales catalogue of what they had on offer, and is indicative of the small type manufacturers that opened up business to offer more stylish and comfortable travel to the newly motorised public. For those who

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