Description
National Motorcycle Museum | Solihull, West Midlands
Viewing: Tuesday 8th July from 1pm
Auction: Wednesday 9th July from 9am
Location: National Motorcycle Museum, Coventry Road, Bickenhill, Solihull B92 0EJ
c. 1940s Norton 16H Outfit Military Evocation
No Reserve
Registration No: Unregistered
Frame No: 7929
MOT: Exempt
Part of a large private collection
Believed to have been a standby machine for Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010)
Lovely and restored hand-built sidecar
The Norton 16H is a designation given to British motorcycles made between 1911 through to 1954 and refers to a single cylinder Norton 490cc side-valve engine with a bore and stroke of 79 x 100mm. The H denotes the 'Home' model as distinct from the export model. Norton was the main military motorcycle supplier prior to WWII and one of the main suppliers of motorcycles to the British Army in World War II, with a total of nearly 100, 000 produced.
This Norton 16H was restored into military trim for the sole purpose of being used as a standby prop in the film of Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010); in the end it wasn't used on set. It appears to have been restored to a good standard before being used for a month or two, before it was placed into the collection with the other military machines on display. This Norton has not been used in the last couple of years, so it will need some light recommissioning before use. There is no documentation.
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