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And the sale, pictures from the internet, as I was trying to locate my stolen DKW engine! Cheers, Lex
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Here some pictures from the viewing day, I also managed to buy the 2 6Pdr. wheels, but not the 75mm. Pack Howitzer, that is what I actually came for, as it was withdrawn from the sale, so I bought the 125 DKW, best buy of the sale there, as they are extremely expensive now! Still have it ofcourse. Lex
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Only see this topic now, as I searched for Alain's name, as there was talk on a FB page, and they had the whole story wrong about the Vimoutiers Tiger, that the village wanted to save it, but they wanted it gone, and Alain saved it, seems it's already forgotten, so I set that straight! Never met Alain personally, but knew of several people who did, and I went to the sale, that was the worst auction I have ever been to, so much was stolen at the viewing day already, as the auctioneers thought there would only be a handful of people, but about 500 turned up, and it was a mess, the following day, when the sale was held, there were people fighting to get in the way too small room, and it was terrible, I managed to buy a DKW RT125, but the engine was stolen. Was a weird experience! below some pictures. R.I.P. Alain Roudaix. Cheers, Lex
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Here an article about it, and the replica. Lex
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Adrian, yes, have the series, and someone even made a replica! It was more like for airfield defense and such, not to cover huge distances. The bike is a Triumph 3 SW. (or 5SW) Cheers, Lex
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I think he found one Neil. Cheers, Lex
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I have a list of early WD machines from Jan, but the numbers are lower (the first 20 delivered) than 3267, so best for him to comment. 3267 falls between the first and second contract. Lex
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Ok, yes, best to remove it, but not sure if they used steel drive rivets, or soft aluminium ones? best be careful there. I would, not sand the plate, but just put it in a vinegar bath, that's the least corrosive method I think, just eats the rust. The yellow cloth HT lead is surely postwar, just as the cap! the Lodge caps are getting very hard to find now! Cheers, Lex
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I don't think many had the inspectors stamp Ron, mine doesn't. Lex
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So, Jan, and was this only used on replacement engine, this plate? as I have seen many without. Cheers, Lex
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Yes, I did say similar, have to check what exactly it says on the Flea plate, there seems to be a number stamped?? Lex
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Nice stuff Jan and Ron! Jerry, the metal plates are etched, and very shallow, so be careful. Similar plates were fitted to the James ML's. The NOS engine was for sale at the War and Peace Show, many moons ago, sadly I had not enough money to buy it. Cheers, Lex
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Only see this now, but I don't think those parts were scrapped, when A.C. closed up, there was a big sale, and a lot of people bought a lot of parts! Mr. De Groot from A.C. bought loads of parts from the Belgium dealer Chris Muys in the 90's, and also around that time I bought all the small Diamond parts from the Italian Army, about 4 tons, all in wooden rectangular grey boxes, and took what I needed, and sold it on to Jaap Rietveld, as far as I know he still has a lot of that lot. Lex
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Jerry, yes, one of them is finished now, and sold, the other 2 I'm still building the engines for, but do have them with correct numbers, engines and parts are quite easy. But MKI Welbike cycle parts are very, very difficult, due to the low amount of them being made, (1200 pieces) and then some were retrofitted to MKII's by the factory.
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Looks a bit like this! Lex
