WORLD RECORD FOR RARE UNRESTORED 50-YEAR-OLD VELOCETTE THRUXTON AT H&H CLASSICS

29th July 2016
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WORLD RECORD FOR RARE UNRESTORED 50-YEAR-OLD VELOCETTE THRUXTON - AT H&H CLASSICS 
 

This 1966 Velocette Thruxton was sold by H&H Classics at their Donington Park Auction on July 28th for £20,000, twice the pre-sale estimate, and a new world record for an unrestored bike of this type. 


Mark Bryan, Head of Motorcycle Department at H&H said: “We are delighted with this result and this new record. There were no Brexit nerves evident and 85 per cent of the motorcycles sold.�??

The Velocette was the last great British single, outlasting other British marques by almost a decade. The Velocette Thruxton lived long enough to race against the first of the modern Japanese superbikes. But in 1971 Velocette shut down its Hall Green, Birmingham factory and quietly went out of business.

Estimated at between £10,000-£12,000 this great survivor of a time when British motorcycles raced successfully, was put to auction with “no reserve�??. 

Mark Bryan commented: “It is super rare to find a bike in this condition, which is not even on the Velocette Owners Club register! This motorcycle is a very real and rare discovery.�??

Vehicle Registration: MPG502D in Original condition it has had two owners from new and has been in storage since the 1970's. it will require re-commissioning.

The Thruxton was a true factory-built cafe racer. Its immediate predecessor, the Venom, had already made a good name for itself in performance circles despite running an antiquated 500cc pushrod motor. In 1961 a works-supported team of riders set the world 24-hour speed record, and in '64 another Venom took a class win at the Thruxton 500-mile endurance race, crown jewel of England's popular and hotly contested Production roadracing series.

That victory gave Velocette a great excuse to hot-rod the Venom and make the resulting 1965 Thruxton an even better race bike.
The engine was upgraded with a flowed cylinder head, bigger valves and a downdraft intake tract. Working through a close-ratio gearbox, the Thruxton put out 40-41 horsepower.

It did not take long for success to find the Thruxton. Another class win in the 1965 500-miler made for a great debut, and in '67 a pair of Thruxtons finished 1-2 in the inaugural running of the Production TT at the Isle of Man. Before production ceased, Velocette made approximately 1100 Thruxtons.

VIDEO: http://www.handh.co.uk/buy/1966-veloc... With thanks to the National Motorcycle Museum where it was recently on display.

For further press information, please contact the H&H Classics press office on +44 (0)7970 563958, or email info@bendigopr.co.uk or press@handh.co.uk or call H&H Classics Ltd on +44 (0) 1925 210035

NOTES FOR EDITORS:
H&H Classics Ltd:
  
H&H was founded by Simon Hope in 1993 as a specialist auction house dedicated solely to the sale of collectors’ motorcars and motorcycles. Some twenty-two years later, the company can boast a continuous trading history which exceeds that of most UK rivals. The company is staffed by hands-on enthusiasts with over 600 years combined experience, and its specialist valuers are among the most knowledgeable in the industry.
H&H has had the pleasure of handling everything from 1890s London to Brighton runners through to 1990s Formula 1 cars, not to mention a variety of iconic motorcycles and holds a considerable number of World Record auction prices.
With the head office near Warrington, Cheshire and its Private Sales Garage near Hindhead in Surrey and specialists based throughout the country, H&H holds regular sales at the Imperial War Museum Duxford in Cambridgeshire, Donington Park in Derbyshire and Chateau Impney in the West Midlands.
H&H Classics Ltd, The Motor House, Lyncastle Road, Appleton, Warrington, WA4 4SN. Company Number: 02852199.

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