NLKRUMAT Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 Hello everyone, I signed up on this forum because I am looking for a motorcycle from the Second World War with my brother in law. We have only been looking at it for a short while and are now running into something. I would like to know if the Triumph offered to us is from WW2. 3HW Frame A510541A Engine 55789. All reactions welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeepfinger Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 Hi, You could also try on this forum, it was at first for BSA M20's, but any WD bikes are welcome. You don't need to sign in, just post you question. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeepfinger Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 Hi Forgot to put the link, http://www.wdbsa.nl/ Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NLKRUMAT Posted February 1, 2018 Author Share Posted February 1, 2018 Done, THX Dave. Regards Mattijs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 The bike certainly looks like a 3HW (correct engine and forks) But the frame number makes no sense to me. The number should be prefixed TL. and there should be a date stamp on the top of the saddle tube (under saddle) Ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenkinov Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 Beautiful bike ..A triumph 350 ohv...but both the engine and frame numbers appear incorrect..Triumph stamped their wartime bikes heavily..........under the seat on the post you should have the frames year and month eg.TE0844 you may also find a frame number stamped on the post supporting the handlebars....the engine is likely to have a number including 3HW and near this a contract number prefixed by C... If you get photos of the numbers we should be able to help you Jenkinov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenkinov Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 Just checked in British forces motor cycles and the engine number you have it prefixed by 3HW 55789 could be from contract S2956 ..being triumph this number should be stamped into the engine...you should also have a small arrow or upside down V with a number under it e.g. 68 or 88 If the engine is attributable to contract S2956 that was a run of 4000 engines from Dec 43 to June 44.the frame number to be from the same batch should be between TL41418. And TL46417, Jenkinov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NLKRUMAT Posted February 4, 2018 Author Share Posted February 4, 2018 Hello Yenkinov, We have some new information from the seller. Under de seat he found TFC244 or TF0244 The F could be an E Regards Mattijs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 That will be TEC 244 (Triumph Engineering Company February 1944. Ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
79x100 Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 Personally, with the current moves towards defining 'Historic Vehicles' in Europe, I wouldn't even consider a purchase without first having good high resolution photos of all numbers looked at by someone who knows the make and model. There are some real re-stamped nasties out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NLKRUMAT Posted February 24, 2018 Author Share Posted February 24, 2018 On 3-2-2018 at 9:48 AM, jenkinov said: Just checked in British forces motor cycles and the engine number you have it prefixed by 3HW 55789 could be from contract S2956 ..being triumph this number should be stamped into the engine...you should also have a small arrow or upside down V with a number under it e.g. 68 or 88 If the engine is attributable to contract S2956 that was a run of 4000 engines from Dec 43 to June 44.the frame number to be from the same batch should be between TL41418. And TL46417, Jenkinov Hello , We have found an other frame nummer at the left site of the frame. TL 43123 so contract S2956???? regards, Mattijs m Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy1960 Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 On 2/4/2018 at 3:27 PM, 79x100 said: Personally, with the current moves towards defining 'Historic Vehicles' in Europe, I wouldn't even consider a purchase without first having good high resolution photos of all numbers looked at by someone who knows the make and model. There are some real re-stamped nasties out there. What "current moves" are these out of interest? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin3hw Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Here the picture of the framenumber. See also notice Mattijs. We are working together with the purchase Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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