1932 Ariel VH 32, Red Hunter project, 350cc. Registration nu...

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£850

1932 Ariel VH 32, Red Hunter project, 350cc. Registration number TS 9810 (non transferrable). Frame number C2005. Engine number BC 738 (see text).
Sold with the V5C, VMCC certificate of registration, 1998 MOT!! and RF 60A.
The first Red Hunter appeared in 1932, coded VH32. It featured a tuned four–overhead valve 498cc vertical cylinder VG. The series soon included the 250cc and 350cc models. The red tank panels on chrome gas tank with red wheel rim centers made it a sporting and beautiful sports bike.
TS was first registered on the 24th March 1932 to William Paton of Dundee, the RF 60A records five other Scottish owners before it came to Yorkshire in 1955 with John Fretwell. In 1998 Phillip Gillman was the owner and he successfully had the registration re-instated, by now the original 500cc engine had been replaced with a 350cc unit (the V5C has an incorrect entry). An MOT was also obtained at this time!!
Our vendor, an ardent Ariel collector bought it in from him in 2000 as a project with a seized engine. It has remained in his garage, untouched, until today.