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You might try to sand down the number plates carefully also !

Not sure if these are Bar None bikes or where they originally came from, they are just on my computer under Matchless photos.

Here’s a couple of mine, showing different shades of green, the left one is brown though 🙂

It looks a bit like an anvil staking tool ? https://www.anvilfire.com/anvils/af_anvils_025.php

I had the great pleasure to meet Joe in 2019, whilst displaying at the Normandy Veterans get together/reunion at the Portsmouth Naval museum, in 2019, RIP Joe.

Hi Adrian, another point to note, are that there are 2x types of bottom bracket. One type and the most common is the cast type, the other is the down tube welded directly to the bottom bracket. You can see the difference in the pictures below, Regards Gary

Another place to check for numbers is here on the rear frame section, not always stamped but worth checking.

I also have a G3/G3L variant, bought in Normandy, seller had originally got it from the Le Mans area, it has a G3 rear frame end, gearbox and chain guard but the front half is G3L, the frame and engine numbers had been modified I believe for civilian registration and so untraceable by the army. I have presumed the rear half was from an abandoned G3, at the time of Dunkirk and then used and left by the Germans 1944, taken to a vehicle dump where somebody acquired the remains of the G3 along with the remains of a G3L and out of the two wrecks put themselves together a bike.

Hello Claude, yes, the bike might have been rebuilt by an Army workshop and any of the above combinations could have happened. More photos of the bike would help identify what it is made up of, there are better Matchless experts here who will be able to help. Regards Gary

This might help. http://www.matchlesswd.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/P8a-Frame-section-copy.jpg

The rear frame section looks like it is prewar G3 (where the voltage regulator mounts under the seat), does it have brackets for the pillion foot rests ?

Have a read of this from the WD motorcycle page, it should help you, http://pub37.bravenet.com/forum/static/show.php?usernum=3155626639&frmid=16&msgid=1455019&cmd=show Regards Gary

There wouldn't be a rich person needed to fork out money necessarily, W&P had approx 500x stalls, paying £250 each = £125,000, this would go a long way to financing a show, of course the difference of the early W&P shows to the later ones, was the need to bring in Heras fencing, security, better toilets/showers etc. When any event grows, so do the outlays, problems and many other unseen hazards to having many 1000's of people in one place. For vehicle owners and re-enactors who make up the show, to be asked for a small contribution to the event is not that unreasonable also, especially when you look at what has been on offer in the evenings, in the way of free entertainment and of course better facilities (especially if you are there for 5x days +). Perhaps the biggest problem is finding somewhere to hold the show, everybody wants it near to them but W&P has always attracted our continental neighbours, being close to the ferry ports and this has also added to the richness of the show.

This is a great website to look through for details etc on the Norton 16H https://www.wdnorton.nl/

Is the bike on the right a Matchless G3, with centrally mounted speedo ?

If there is no German representation at Capel, what/who will the battle re-enactments be between ?

I have attended the W&P show as a once a year seller for more than 25x years, I’ve always considered it a holiday as well as making a little pocket money to put back into my hobby. The organisers rang me to see I would like my normal pitch, at a cost of £350, £100 more than normal and what would be considered a late bookers fee, I did mention when I tried to book last November to meet their 2022 deadline that they were closed, I was told that was unfortunate but if I wanted to come it would have to be at the £350 price, I politely declined. When I factor in the cost of a weeks van hire and fuel, that would now mean an outlay of over £600 before I even got to the show. I will miss going and everybody I know there but on the plus I get back 9x days of my life to go and do something else this year.

Here's a photo from Morris C8s post of Dunkirk photos, showing a British tool box in new owner ship, on the back of a German BMW R12, I think it could be WW2 issue, they are sometimes dated on the inside of the lid.

I see there are some limbers coming up for auction down under 😏 https://www.lloydsonline.com.au/AuctionLots.aspx?stype=0&stypeid=0&kw=militaria&cid=0&smode=0

Please note the Kempton Park Jumble is on Saturday, if you going 😊

I see Dallas Autos are having a Dig Out, 3 April 2022 🙂

Their website was closed early November, I went to book a pitch then as their application date/cut off for the standard prices was before 17th November,

I have heard that there is a tank training turret in Badby woods, an area that was used for tank training during WW2, see note below. I stayed at Fawsley Hall last year and one of the staff recalled the story of an out of control tank, that ended up in the lake of the Hall during the war. Badby Badby Woods Northamptonshire World War 2 TROOP TRAINING AREA Badby woods and the Fawsley area were used for tank training. A tank turret trainer used for the training of tank crews during World War II. Currently in a poor condition

What is the building/shape above and to the right of the vehicles ?