1918 Vintage Motorcycle and Sidecar for restoration For Sale

This motorcycle was imported into Northern Rhodesia (Zambia) just after world war 1 by a farmer from Devon.
It was used by him on and off for many years and when he was too old to use it he sold it to the current owner's father in 1964 and taken to Nyasaland (Malawi).
This new owner took the bike to Zimbabwe (former Rhodesia) in 1980 when he retired from the Imperial Tobacco Company and it was kept complete in a crate on a farm. New tyres for the bike were successfully acquired at this time.
He passed away in 1987 and it was taken over by his son who continued to keep it in the crate on their farm.
In 2005 the bike was stripped and shipped in pieces to the UK because of political insecurity in the country.
In 2006, the house / garage where the bike had been kept was destroyed by fire. A suspected arson attack where everything else owned by the owner was destroyed.
The bike now resides in the same crate in Scotland.
The owner is still on the farm with his family living in the destroyed house which has been temporarily patched up.

Over the years, the bike was never restored apart from some paint but was once started and briefly run by the current owner in 1977.
The bike is likely to be put on auction by H&H Auctions at the National Motorcycle Museum on 30 July 2019.

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