thedawnpatrol Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Found this under layers of paint on the rear mudguard on my 1940 Norton 16h any ideas ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathan01 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Morning, At a guess it could be an RASC one (if the top left triangle has any sign of blue paint.....) Nathan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim gray Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Hi,Just as an aside, it could also have had a previous existance with an engineer unit as you are also showing signs of the pale blue that the engineers used.Regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REME 245 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 The wording on the white strip at the top would have identified the exact unit but unfortunately not much remains. You are looking at a post-war marking with that configeration. RASC would have been red and green during the war. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisgrove Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 36 COY RASC? Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REME 245 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 The unit did exist if you google it. The RAC was probably Red over Yellow post-war unless it was the other way round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter4456 Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 This lovely photo of a 2 Coy RASC Stalwart in Aden in 1964 shows the RASC sign as blue over yellow - it looks to me like the one on your bike. The British Army Units website says 36 Coy RASC was a Motor Ambulance unit at Catterick Barracks, Bielefeld, Germany in 1965 - probably a bit late for a Norton 16H though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedawnpatrol Posted March 1, 2012 Author Share Posted March 1, 2012 Thanks Chaps, that all sounds interesting, i don't know if the other markings on it are relevent, or just made up by a previous owner, but they have some age to them. '80 YB 83' on the plates ? Jules Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter4456 Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Definitely a post war Army registration number - perhaps I was wrong about Norton 16Hs in service in the 60s! The RLC Museum at Deepcut may have the Vehicle History Card for your bike - I'll help translate it if you do find it! Out of interest, I've attached a photo of my wife's Granddad on his Norton 16H in WW2 - Sgt Cunnew, Green Howards! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedawnpatrol Posted March 1, 2012 Author Share Posted March 1, 2012 Lovely photo Peter Would that date to around 1940 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter4456 Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 This is what the forum experts said in 2010 when I about the photo: 'The bike was produced during early to mid 1941 under contract C7353. With it's manilla headlamp mask, number plate census number and lack of panniers, the photo probably doesn't date from later than 1942. The machine looks fairly well used so I'd guess that the picture dates from the summer of 1942. The background looks to be UK.' The dates tie in with his wartime service in the UK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
79x100 Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 80 YB 83 is listed as S/O - MoS (Struck Off - Ministry of Supply) - ISS/1/255- 28-9-56. Chassis No.8334 - Contract C5612 - Converted from (wartime) census number 4153502. There is no information about location of disposal or previous units but the markings are clearly earlier than 1956. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedawnpatrol Posted March 3, 2012 Author Share Posted March 3, 2012 Thanks 79 x 100, that all ties in nicely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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