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1949 Ariel Sales Catalogue

Sales Catalogues / McSnotty

This sales catalogue is not dated but is post war from Wellington Motor Dealers Sutherland and Wilkinson, and is believed to be about 1949. As the same with other motorcycle manufacturers after World War 2 Ariel would have been struggling to produce completely new models so the 1946 to 50 machines were very similar to […]

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McLeans Island Swap Meet … Here we go

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Not many sleeps to go. If you see a couple of portly chaps with Orkland accents bickering their way around the site, thats probably us

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1930 OEC Sales Catalogue

Sales Catalogues / McSnotty

OEC would probably not be the most common of motorcycles that people would think of but when it came to innovative ideas they would have been up there with most major motorcycle manufacturers. OEC, which stands for the Osborne Engineering Company, was also heard to be referred to as the Oddball Engineering Company due to

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1927 Sunbeam Sales Catalogue.

Sales Catalogues / McSnotty

The manufacturers of Sunbeam motorcycles, namely John Marston Ltd of Wolverhampton, were certainly passionate about what they built and in their 1927 catalogue their page 3 introduction was a powerful message outlining reasons why riders should buy a Sunbeam. This is what they had to say – “There are many reasons why Sunbeams are the

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1925 Scott Sales Catalogue

Sales Catalogues, Stinkwheel / McSnotty

It seems that you are either completely absolute with ownership of a Scott motorcycle, or right at the other end of the scale and discard any thoughts of ownership with a belief of “why would I need all that grief”. Early 2 strokes can be a challenge but ask any Scott owner and they will

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