1937 Rudge Special Project, 498 cc. Registration number DPB ...

Hammer

£3,600

1937 Rudge Special Project, 498 cc. Registration number DPB 201 (see text). Frame number 59676. Engine number S4071. Gearbox number V39569.
Rudge motorcycles were manufactured from 1911 to 1946, and the Birmingham firm was highly regarded for its innovative engineering solutions. Rudge enjoyed a string of successes at the Isle of Man TT races during the 1930s.
This fine sporting marque was very competitive in speedway, and also trials events in the hands, and feet, of Murray Walkers father, Graham, Rudge's sales manager at the time. Works supported racing and the supply of race machinery stopped around the mid- thirties after the death of Rudge- Whitworth principal and driving force J.V. Pugh and subsequent sorties into auto cycle production and other badly managed ventures foresaw the demise of the once proud Rudge concern in 1940.
This example is registered with DVLA but there is no paperwork with it. There is no history with these parts and buyers should satisfy themselves as to the age and completeness.