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Norton Collection (page 10)

Background imageNorton Collection: Ken Kavanaghs Norton, 1953 Senior TT

Ken Kavanaghs Norton, 1953 Senior TT

Background imageNorton Collection: Adrian Sellars (Norton) 1990 Senior Classic Manx Grand Prix

Adrian Sellars (Norton) 1990 Senior Classic Manx Grand Prix

Background imageNorton Collection: Andy Molnar (Norton) 1989 Senior Classic Manx Grand prix

Andy Molnar (Norton) 1989 Senior Classic Manx Grand prix

Background imageNorton Collection: Ray Amm (Norton) 1953 Senior TT

Ray Amm (Norton) 1953 Senior TT

Background imageNorton Collection: Phil Moss (Norton) 1985 Classic Manx Grand Prix

Phil Moss (Norton) 1985 Classic Manx Grand Prix

Background imageNorton Collection: Tom Goodfellow (Norton) 1968 Junior Manx Grand Prix

Tom Goodfellow (Norton) 1968 Junior Manx Grand Prix

Background imageNorton Collection: Michael Broad (Norton) 1967 Senior Manx Grand Prix

Michael Broad (Norton) 1967 Senior Manx Grand Prix

Background imageNorton Collection: Roger Ashby (Norton) 1995 Senior Classic Manx Grand Prix

Roger Ashby (Norton) 1995 Senior Classic Manx Grand Prix

Background imageNorton Collection: Rivals

Rivals
Maurice Cann (25) and Les Graham line up for the Unlimited solo race on Easter Monday, 1946. The riders tangled mid-race and Graham retired; Cann went on to finish second to George Brown (HRD)

Background imageNorton Collection: The Boddice Clan

The Boddice Clan
Three members of the Boddice family, snapped within inches of each other, with forty years between father and grandson

Background imageNorton Collection: 1973 Production TT

1973 Production TT
Le Mans start action from the 1973 Production 750cc class. Riders featured include Dave Nixon, Triumph, 3) Dave Croxford (Norton, 7) Darryl Pendlebury (Norton, 16) and Ernie Pitt (Triumph, 27)

Background imageNorton Collection: Phil Heath

Phil Heath (Norton) rounds the Devils Elbow on the 1907 TT course in the 1977 TT Rally

Background imageNorton Collection: Broke it - but u100 richer

Broke it - but u100 richer
Derek Minter tours round Bedstead to retire from the 1960 Senior TT. Stan Hailwood had put up a £ 100 pounds prize for the first ton mile an hour lap by a single cylinder machine

Background imageNorton Collection: Mike the Bikes 1961 TT; 3 wins out of 4

Mike the Bikes 1961 TT; 3 wins out of 4
Chronicling Mike Hailwoods 1961 TT

Background imageNorton Collection: Bob Mac tells all

Bob Mac tells all
Bob McIntyre gives an interview as his Senior Norton is fuelled for the 1961 Senior. Reflecting on the machines he was riding that year, he is quoted as saying he was riding a fast 250 (Honda)

Background imageNorton Collection: Sidecar Legends - Cyril Smith

Sidecar Legends - Cyril Smith
Cyril Smith never had any luck in the Island, retiring in all 6 TT races he rode in. He won many Grand Prix and was 1952 World Champion. A 1957 shot with Eric Bliss

Background imageNorton Collection: A Scottish Formula Double

A Scottish Formula Double
Glasgow Mercury club mates Alastair King (27, AJS) and Bob McIntyre (6, Norton) relax in the winners enclosure after winning their rspective classes in the 1959 Formula 1 races

Background imageNorton Collection: The Domiracer

The Domiracer
No one expected the speed and reliability of Doug Heles works development Domiracer twin. Turning laps at over the ton, Tom Phillis fiished third behind Mike Hailwood

Background imageNorton Collection: Parkfield Corner - first lap

Parkfield Corner - first lap
The Norton pairing of Eric Oliver/Les Nutt and Pip Harris/Ray Campbell lead the 1954 SidecarTT into Parkfield for the first time. Oliver won, Harris retired

Background imageNorton Collection: Press-testing the 1954 Senior TT winner

Press-testing the 1954 Senior TT winner
1949 350cc World Champion FreddieFrith relaxes after riding Ray Amms 1954 Senior TT winning proboscis Norton. Graham Walker, ex-TT racer and editor of The Motor Cyccling is extreme left

Background imageNorton Collection: 1959 Junior MGP team winners - Peveril MCC

1959 Junior MGP team winners - Peveril MCC
Reg Dearden of Manchester was always a supporter of Manx riders. In the 1958 Junior his rders Mike Kelly (2, 13th) Eddie Crooks (90, 2nd) and Bob Dowty (80, 5th) won the team prize for the Peveril MCC

Background imageNorton Collection: Easy does it

Easy does it
Geoff Monty uses the (custom made) pliers to compress the valve springs on this Manx Norton; flying collets were not uknown

Background imageNorton Collection: Tom Phillis (Norton) 1959 Senior TT

Tom Phillis (Norton) 1959 Senior TT

Background imageNorton Collection: Jim Redman (Norton) 1959 Senior TT

Jim Redman (Norton) 1959 Senior TT

Background imageNorton Collection: Harold Daniell (Norton) 1947 Junior TT

Harold Daniell (Norton) 1947 Junior TT

Background imageNorton Collection: Who put that building there?

Who put that building there?
Ray Amms Proboscis Norton lies crumpled against a barrack wall at Aintree in 1954. Ray escaped unhurst

Background imageNorton Collection: Right bike - wrong bike

Right bike - wrong bike
Albert Moule repares for another practice lap. One year, after refuelling himself in the Cadburys tent, he set off down Bray Hill again, to realise that he was astride someone elses Norton!

Background imageNorton Collection: From airport scratcher to TT victor

From airport scratcher to TT victor
Ray Amm slides through Quarter Bridge winning the 1954 Senior TT. When he first came to the Island in 1951 no available before the TT, so he rode in races on the Andreas Airfield on an AJS (inset)

Background imageNorton Collection: Geoff Duke

Geoff Duke
A selection of Geoff Duke shots

Background imageNorton Collection: Plug-chop time at Ballaugh

Plug-chop time at Ballaugh
Norton supremo Joe Craig reards the plug on Ray Amms kneeler Norton he tried for practice for the 1953 Junior TT. I wonder if the lad in the foreground got Rays autograph!

Background imageNorton Collection: Manx Legend; Dennis Parkinson

Manx Legend; Dennis Parkinson
Wakefields Dennis Parkinson rode the Manx from 1932-1953. His five wins ranged from1936 to 1953. He took a hat-trick of Lightweight MGP wins 1936-38

Background imageNorton Collection: Manx Legend: Harold Rowell

Manx Legend: Harold Rowell
Manxman Harold Rowell gets the wind knocked out of him as he hits the bottom of Bray Hill in the 1946 Senior Manx Grand Prix

Background imageNorton Collection: Happy 90th Geoff

Happy 90th Geoff
Geoff Duke celbrated his 90th birthday in 2013. This shows Geoff in practice on his International Norton for the 1949 Senior Clubman TT, his first TT victory

Background imageNorton Collection: The Vanwall man

The Vanwall man
Tony Vandervell tests Artie Bells 1948 Senior TT-winning Manx Norton. Vandervell, the pioneer of thin-wall bearings, used four Manx Norton heads on his prototype Thin Wall Special

Background imageNorton Collection: 1948 Senior TT Norton team

1948 Senior TT Norton team
Norton race manager Joe Craig (centre picture, dark suit) marshals his team fora photo shoot. No. 72 is Harold Daniell, No. 41 is Artie Bell and No. 62 is Ken Bills

Background imageNorton Collection: Harold Daniell - pre and post-war TT victor

Harold Daniell - pre and post-war TT victor
In 1938 Harold Daniell completed the first under-25 minute (24min.52.6 sec), 91, 00 plus mph, lap on his Norton in the Senior TT, a record which would stand for 12 years

Background imageNorton Collection: Jimmy Guthrie in the race of the decade

Jimmy Guthrie in the race of the decade
Jimmy Guthrie rounds Parliament Square, Ramsey in the 1935 Senior TT. Leading Stanley Woods (Guzzi) by 26 seconds going into the last lap

Background imageNorton Collection: A pair of winners

A pair of winners
This time-worn pictures pays tribute to Kelly Swanston, seen here congratulating Harold Daniell (on bike) in winning the 1933 Senior Manx Grand Prix

Background imageNorton Collection: 1923 Sidecar TT

1923 Sidecar TT
Graham Walker seems at ease with things rounding Waterworks, but passenger Tommy Mahon look a trifle uncomfortable as they head for runner-up spot with their Norton/Hughes outfit

Background imageNorton Collection: George Tucker - 1924 Sidecar TT

George Tucker - 1924 Sidecar TT
George Tucker and passenger Walter Moore are congratulated on their Sidecar TT victory by James Pa Norton and fellow Norton director Bill Mansell

Background imageNorton Collection: 1922 Private Norton owners camp

1922 Private Norton owners camp
Graham Walker (fifth from left) with a group of Norton riders from the 1922 Senior TT. Although a works rider, Graham always took a keen interst with the amatuer riders

Background imageNorton Collection: Ivan Hodgkinson (Norton) and Danny Shimmin (Aermacchi) 1969 Manx Grand Prix

Ivan Hodgkinson (Norton) and Danny Shimmin (Aermacchi) 1969 Manx Grand Prix
Ivan Hodgkinson (Norton, 103) and Manxman Danny Shimmin (Aermacchi) 1969 Manx Grand Prix

Background imageNorton Collection: Ted Davis (Vincent) & Bill Boddice (Norton) 1952 Silverstone

Ted Davis (Vincent) & Bill Boddice (Norton) 1952 Silverstone

Background imageNorton Collection: John Crasher White (Norton) 1934 Senior Manx Grand Prix

John Crasher White (Norton) 1934 Senior Manx Grand Prix

Background imageNorton Collection: Stan Nightingale & E Sheldon (Norton) 1959 Sidecar TT

Stan Nightingale & E Sheldon (Norton) 1959 Sidecar TT

Background imageNorton Collection: Paul Smart (Norton) 1969 Production TT

Paul Smart (Norton) 1969 Production TT

Background imageNorton Collection: Austin Hockley (Norton) 1971 Formula 750 TT

Austin Hockley (Norton) 1971 Formula 750 TT

Background imageNorton Collection: Jack Steer & M J Skevington (Norton) 1966 Sidecar TT

Jack Steer & M J Skevington (Norton) 1966 Sidecar TT



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