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CHAPTER ONE - 2
This is the pile that greeted us and at first
glance, it looked, as Chris Northcote put it, “Old tut for the
scrap pile” and that was the way we left it and didn’t mention
it again. Little did we realise at the time what was wrapped up
in the boxes.
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You can see that there is
part of an engine sat on the top; lifting it up revealed
a complete gearbox, but in pieces – am I any good at
jigsaws I thought to myself? With a closer inspection of
the boxes we found that there was another engine in
there and it was not a Ural. We couldn’t make out what
it was at first but later discovered it was a complete
engine, but in parts. I found in one of the boxes
carburettor parts for a Villiers engine, so what that
fitted onto who knows? |
After quite some time talking to the dealer, we
managed to convince him that the motorcycle was not worth his
now £500 asking price. I offered him £220 plus £30 for all the
bits that went with it. Again he scratched his head and walked
around a bit, then said, “what about the other bike that came
with it”. Both Chris and I wondered what he was talking about,
and asked the obvious question, “what other bike”.
He took us to over to this 350 Jawa leaning
against some shelves, “that bike he said”. Looking at the bike
it seemed in very good condition for1990. What was the only
thing that was missing – the engine – and guess where that was?
Yes your right, reduced to kit form and in the box with all the
Ural parts. |
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