Beschreibung
For sale by Auction on Saturday 7th July 2018, at Sledmere House, Sledmere, Driffield, YO25 3XG. Commencing at 12 noon.
Registration number 471 YUY (non transferable).
Frame number H530990.
Engine number 387A27490E.
In post-war years Manchester-based Dot concentrated on the production of Villiers-engined lightweights, becoming a major force to be reckoned with in the trials and scrambles fields. The Dot was the most successful lightweight scrambler from the late 1940s right up to the 1960s when Greeves took over. Dot also offered a trials model, although major successes in that discipline would not be achieved until 1958 and the return from National Service of Eric Adcock, who would go on to win over 750 awards for the Mancunian manufacturer.
YUY was acquired by Harry Oglesby of Beverley in 2013 and partially restored before our vendor bought it in July 2017 and finished off the restoration. The H53 swinging arm models ran from late 1952 until end of 1954 and used DOT's version of Earles type front forks, this example has BSA derived front forks and the Villiers engine was originally allocated to a Francis Barnett but would appear to be of the correct type.
Sold with the V5C it started easily when our catalogued viewed the machine.
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