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1938 Brough-Superior SS100
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Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 4:46 am
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From Lawrence of Arabia to you.
http://barbermuseum.org/















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Must be one of the last few made, from 1939 Brough made parts for radar sets, and although they planned to restart bike production after 1945 it never happened. Once again great choice of image and bike and its almost as good for me looking at the bikes in the background and trying to work out what they are Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy


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I have another Brough I'll post soon. Glad you are enjoying these.


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I've enjoyed these sets quite a lot Big Dawg, and I'm impressed
by the apparent quality of the subjects and their exhibition place.

For some undefined reason, the background of image 3 reminds me
strongly of my beloved Henry Ford Museum, if only because it seems to
contain the ramps and other rails which tend to define the public's
limited access to their impressive collection of American automotive
history.

One thing I've noticed, is that the cycles are simply chocked with Lucite
wheel blocks; no other supports are seen, other than lateral stabilisers.
This one detail suggests that these vehicles are still fully operational.
In contrast, the lovely cars within the Henry Ford Museum are supported
on jack-stands if inoperable, making their inoperability rather evident
to a careful eye. If operational, the vehicles simply do not sit on the
stands, marking them as fully functional.
Fully-inflated tyres and other markers flag these vehicles as functional,
as well, but it can be difficult to discern the working from the defunct,
sometimes.

Something tells me I should now look for the Harley-Davidson of around
1910's vintage, which I captured with my former S3IS, some time ago.


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SkedAddled wrote:
I've enjoyed these sets quite a lot Big Dawg, and I'm impressed
by the apparent quality of the subjects and their exhibition place.

For some undefined reason, the background of image 3 reminds me
strongly of my beloved Henry Ford Museum, if only because it seems to
contain the ramps and other rails which tend to define the public's
limited access to their impressive collection of American automotive
history.

One thing I've noticed, is that the cycles are simply chocked with Lucite
wheel blocks; no other supports are seen, other than lateral stabilisers.
This one detail suggests that these vehicles are still fully operational.
In contrast, the lovely cars within the Henry Ford Museum are supported
on jack-stands if inoperable, making their inoperability rather evident
to a careful eye. If operational, the vehicles simply do not sit on the
stands, marking them as fully functional.
Fully-inflated tyres and other markers flag these vehicles as functional,
as well, but it can be difficult to discern the working from the defunct,
sometimes.

Something tells me I should now look for the Harley-Davidson of around
1910's vintage, which I captured with my former S3IS, some time ago.


Craig, about 90% of these can be running and fully functional in a half hour or so. No fuel, lubricants or battery electrolytes are in them at the moment for safety and environmental reasons. Most are exact in detail and are all original. They do have a restoration shop in the down stairs area to remake any parts not available. A few are replicas as the originals are too rare to obtain and they are marked as replicas in the description. There are cables to restrain them from falling over and chocks to keep them from rolling from their display stand.
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