Description
National Motorcycle Museum | Solihull, West Midlands
Viewing: Tuesday 25th March from 1pm
Auction: Wednesday 26th March from 9am
Location: National Motorcycle Museum, Coventry Road, Bickenhill, Solihull B92 0EJ
1960 175cc Benelli Racing Motorcycle
No Reserve
Registration No: Unregistered
Frame No: I* 439710*
MOT: N/ A
Purchased by the late vendor as a project
A great opportunity to own a race special once the project is completed
No paperwork on file
Benelli was established in Pesaro, Italy in 1911, making it one the oldest of Italian motorcycle manufacturers still in operation. The company was purchased by the Italian-Argentine industrialist Alejandro de Tomaso, who was undoubtedly one of the most controversial and powerful figures in Italy in the '60s, '70s and '80s having founded De Tomaso Automobili in Modena and making his own series of road and racing cars, later acquiring a number of Italian companies such as Maserati, Innocenti, Ghia and Vignale and then, in 1971, Benelli and its competitor Moto Guzzi.
This 1960 Benelli 175 racing motorcycle was purchased in 2022 as a winter project. Sadly, this never happened due to other commitments. This would make a worthy candidate for an interesting project, being mostly complete and ripe for restoration. There is a receipt on file from when the machine was purchased, but no other paperwork on file. To be sold at 'no reserve'.
