Smithy Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 I spotted this at the Walsall Town Show last weekend andthought it may be of interest to others. The information card with it read,'Corgi 1940 ridden by Councilor Anthony Harris on the Wall of Death.' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 Very nice, but 100% not 1940..... These were post war and made in my home town of Southport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broken arrow Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 DEFF NOT 1940s had one in the 60s great fun untill some bagger nicked it, wish i still had it, best fun i ever had for a £1. even then girlfriends cost more. sigh:cry: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 Have to agree. The prototype Corgi was first announced to the public in "Motor Cycling" on 21st March 1946. Not even the previous Excelsior Welbike was born until 1942. I wouldn't argue about the Wall of Death though.......Just about everything else has been used. Ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferretfixer Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 I wouldnt have thought it could have managed to get enough speed up to ride on a 'Wall of Death'......! Perhaps as a Councilor, he rode it into a council meeting once in a 'Hall Of Death'!.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 I belong to the 'Indian Riders Club' and therefore meet a few of these 'Wall of Death' guys and girls. I also have a couple of books on the subject. It seems if it has wheels it can ride the wall. In fact the whole thing started with pedal cycles. I don't think a great deal of speed is required. More technique and nerve I think. Ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithy Posted August 16, 2012 Author Share Posted August 16, 2012 I belong to the 'Indian Riders Club' and therefore meet a few of these 'Wall of Death' guys and girls. I also have a couple of books on the subject. It seems if it has wheels it can ride the wall. In fact the whole thing started with pedal cycles. I don't think a great deal of speed is required. More technique and nerve I think. Ron You will be interested in this one which was alongside it then Ron: Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 (edited) Lovely Scott. I would however hazard a guess that, that one hasn't been near a wall since restoration. I have never been completely confident at riding my own 741B on the road......even though I have put the throttle on the right and covered quite some miles. I would never use it for DR work and definitely wouldn't go near a Wall of Death with it.......or anything else come to that. Ron Edited August 17, 2012 by Ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Ron Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 The corgi is a 1946 model. In 1947 they went to disc wheels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broken arrow Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 The corgi is a 1946 model.In 1947 they went to disc wheels. iI make you correct on that my one had the disc wheels.:-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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