MISS VELOCETTE
photo ex Dean Wright
Anyone know more details on the above ‘racer’ ? The photo was taken at Ngamotu Beach, New Plymouth, date unknown.
You have to chuckle get the bloke sitting there with a ‘rollie’ in his mouth, the engine/s would have been petrol – no wonder a lot of these craft never survived 🙂
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Velocettes were British motorcycles of which I have had a large number (alas, no longer). The engine would not have been a Velocette which did not produce engines larger than 500cc but the owner must have been a fan of the marque. The script is standard Velocette tank script.
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It may be Jack Stevenson, who was service manager at Johnson Motors of New Plymouth for most of his working life post-war. If so, she was later converted to a day boat complete with cabin and he used her for day fishing until shortly before his death.
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Fascinating, — looks like late 1930s or 1940s Ford V8 wheels on the trailer.
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