- V5 present
- Engine in very good running order with SCT gearbox fitted
- Frame has very good powder-coat finish, forks and rear suspension all very good
- Paintwork and chrome on petrol tank and mudguards very good
- New tyres fitted, very good chrome rims
- A very well restored example of a very rare model with much history present
- VMCC History Report September 2022 shows the bike was sold to 'Julians' of Reading in June 1957
- It turns up in the USA with a replacement engine that was despatched over in April 1957
- The bike was bought from an ex-BSA Experimental engineer, dismantled and with the blown engine
- Work then done includes;
- Crank re-ground and end-feed conversion
- 9:1 pistons fitted
- Spitfire 356 cam and cylinder head oversize valves
- W&S valve springs
- 12 volt conversion along with new magneto
- Correct petrol tank now fitted - August 2023