01-09-2018, 09:18 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-09-2018, 09:20 PM by Mike Costigan.)
My grandfather bought this Big Seven in 1937; not brand new, it was the original Mann Egerton demonstrator, so may have had a few hundred miles, one thousand at the most, when he bought it. It was obviously laid up over the war years, and was also laid up every winter (4-5 months each year?). This photo was taken in 1969 when it had clocked up exactly 100,000 miles, every one in his hands!
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The valves were reground and the cylinders decarbonised each spring together with an annual oil change, but it was still on the original pistons and bores when it was sold in 1972. Sadly, in spite of having being kept so carefully, it seems to have subsequently vanished.
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The valves were reground and the cylinders decarbonised each spring together with an annual oil change, but it was still on the original pistons and bores when it was sold in 1972. Sadly, in spite of having being kept so carefully, it seems to have subsequently vanished.