Honda reset their sights

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the first and la st time I ever did it. We
were d od ging a bou t in th e clouds whe n
th ere wa s a rat-a-tat- tat and bullet s b ega n
to whi stle by. Th ere was a fig ht er o n m y
tail. My rear gunn er man aged to hit it
and smoke began to pour out , so I followed it down , hopin g to claim a 'k ill ' ,
but whe n I came out of th e clou d I found
I was ove r a Ge rman field ho spital and
got caught in a co ne of anti-aircraft fir e.
My eng in e was hit in th e cran k case and
stopped with a clo nk and I had to put it
down in a field. I h ad no sooner stop pe d
th an I wa s surround ed by soldi ers and
taken pri soner.
A Germa n gen era l , a
ni ce old bo y, took m e t o hi s H.Q. in a
barouch e . ' W11at a terribl e thin g thi s war
is,' h e said. Hi s wif e and famil y, it
turned out, we re in Sca rbor ou gh ."
Wh en Howard ca me home fr om th e
war s he got a job as techni cal r ep. for
A.M.A.C . carb ur et tors and wa s loan ed t o
th e A .J .S. firm as a rider . This two-wa y
ti e-up suited everyone, for A.M.A .C. s
Abo ue : Hownrcl Da uics w ith h is 1921 T.T.
mount.
] ,,ft : wi th bacl.g ro111ulvery mu c/a
ik c th e 1921 photo g rnph but 11carly 50 ye ars
h ave go ne by. From /pfl - l ua11 Rl, odes,
Ja ch ll"a lto11, P hil H eath , H.R.D . and Tit c/1
A lle1 1
wanted the A.J .S. carb uret tor bu sine ss
and A.J .S . wanted a rider.
H e r od e for
th em in the 1920 Junior but was one of
th ose who fell b y th e wa yside.
It was th e A.J.S. firm' s fir st venture
into th e great unkn own of th e newfan gled over h ead valve, and they were to
lea rn that valve sh ape s and mat eri als
relia bl e en ough in a sid e-va l ve were not
suitable for o.h. v en gin es turnin g over at
a di zzy four or five thou san d r.p.m.
Cyril William s won on an A.J .S. hut only
b ecau se h e was good al pu shin g .
Af ter th e 1920 di sappo in tmen t A .J .S.
t ook Howar d o n as comp etition manag er
and h e had, in con seq u en ce, to say what
th e 1921 T.T. ma chin e sh ould look lik e .
One thin g h e was determin ed about. T h e
sa ddl e h e ight ought lo b e lowe red so th a t
a rid er could get down lo it on th e
stra ight bit s. (The 1920 mod els h ad b een
of ve tera n stylin g, thou gh p owered by
ve r y advance d motor s.) It is recorde d
th at th e Stevens brother s, wrapp ed up as
th e y were in co n sideration s of ex tra ctin g
mor e power wi th reli ab ilit y an d providin g a tra nsmi ssion that wou ld utili ze it
( th ey had tri ed th e revo luti onar y cxpc ri-
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m en t of four spee d s, a two- spee d gearbox
with two diff erent pri mary ch a in ratio s,
in 1920), a llach ed littl e importan ce to the
cycle part s.
"As l on g as yo u ha ve so mewhere
to
p u t your behind and somewhere
t o put
your feet, what doe s it matter?"
they are
qu o ted as sayin g . But Howard wa s ob stin ately in siste nt that frame de sign mu st
ke ep p ace with e n gin e d eve l op m e nt , and
alread y be was de velop ing an eye for what
a bik e ought to l ook lik e. Grudg in gl y
t he Steve n s met him h alf way b y low e rin g th e top lub e and tape rin g th e lank.
It onl y d ro pp ed th e saddle po s ition an
inc h or two, hut it made th e A.J .S. a n
imm en sel y helter -lo ok in g ma chin e . The
main tar get of hi s ac ti viti es a s co mp etition man ager wa s th e T .T ., but fir st th e
red esigned o .h .v. en gin e h ad t o b e
proved , an d thi s h e did b y runnin g it in
sprint s and at Broo k land s . It wa s thi s
tes tin g poli cy th at ki e bo sh ed a way-out
"abo ut face" d es ign su ggeste d by a co nsult ant boffin , one Lo ui s Man te ll , wh o
l a ter bec am e a hi ghl y r es pe cted te,·hni cal
edit or on one of t h e car pape rs . Ma nt ell ',;
id ea , and on e th at m any expe rim e n ters
ha ve tri ed w ith e qu al l ac k of success, was
t o h ave th e inl et port a t th e front , so that
th e ca rbur ettor en j oyed the ram effect of
forward
m o ti on.
Th e ex hau st pip e, n
goo d 3i n in d iam e te r , s tu ck stra ight out
th e bar k. T hi s id e a wa s tri ed at Brook land s w ith di sm al re sult s, so How ard and
th e A. ] .S. ra cin g m ec h a ni c, B ob Shnke sp ea re , quietl y turned
th e he ad r ound
aga in ...
quite ea sy on a bi g po rt A .J. S.
where th e h e ud wa s re ta in ed sol el y by a
glo rifie d U b o lt . They we r e ab l e to prov e
that th e o ld onler was th e be st, and th e
thr eefift y gra duall y b ern m e a giant -kill er
in sprint s .
A t C lip s ton e Dri ve, fam ed N ottingham shir e j o u stin g-p l ace , it had th e effron tery
to tic n ot onee hut twi ce with Graham
Walk er's
4,90 c.c.
sid e-va l ve
No rton
wh ic h , b ec au s e o f a foundry err or in th e
cy lind er ca stin g, happened
to b e th e
fa s tes t o n e a round . Howard won th e r erun by dint of ly in g flat al ong th e tnnk
wi th hi s fe et on th e ba ck mud guard and
clo ck e d ov er 80 m.p.h.
T hi s wa s an unh enrd of and consequently
unbelievable
speed fo1· a thr eefift y i n th o se dn ys, a nd a l ot of peo pl e
would not b e li e ve it ...
until Howard
we nt down to Brookland s and did 81
m.p.h.
for a flyin g kilo.
It wns thi s
Bro okland s 1·ecor d-br eak in g sortie whi ch
expo sed th e limitin g w ea kne ss of th e exh a u st va l ve and l ed to a typi ca l bit mor e
of th e S teve n s e mpiri cal des i gn ...
and
i n a ll probab ilit y t o th e sub sequ ent T.T.
triumph . A ft er a valve h ead dropp ed off
G eo r ge Steve n s gaze d 1·e flec tiv ely a t th e
b e heade d valve a nd s aid : "Yo u know
we ought t o mak e a va lv e shap ed lik e a~
ire cr ea m cornet ". Whi ch th ey did , and
so wa s born th e de e p tuli p va l ve whi ch is
to b e found on the 192 3 a nd 1924 pro du cti on B i g Po rt Aj a ys and pu t r clinbilit y
into th e littl e giant-k ill e 1·•
I do not kn ow how mu eh thi s de s ig n
was in spir a tion o r log ic, but th e de sign
instantl y avo id e d t h e m c drnni cal we a kness of th e mu s hr oo m h ea d with it s
sudden ch a n ge o f sec ti o n an d it al s o impro ved the gas How. De\' e l op m e nt wo rk
continu ed throu gh th e wint er , a nd wh e n
Brookland s ope n e d in th e s prin g o f 1921
th e stamina of I h e A .J .S . wa s pu t to the
test by e nt er in g it for th e Il r ook lan ds
Juni or T .T. ra ce o f 2-1 lap s- th e organi zers h oped tha t it would be a we lcome tr y- out for T.T . e n gin e s, but mo st
of the h land e ntrant s wer e mi ss in g.
Eith er th ey w er e n o t r eady o r th ey
were no t anx iou s t o wea r o ut th e
machin ery.
A s a r es ult , H . R. D av ies
was a ho t favourite
a l two-to-one
a nd
suu:tcd off at s u ch a pac e th a t h e had
half a mil e l ead a ft er b ut on e lap.
For
nin e lap s th e A .J .S. mad e th e r es t of th e
field l oo k dec idedl y sill y as it pil e d up a
tr emen d o us l ead, but th e n it slo wed,
with D avies p ee rin g a n xio u sl y down at
the engine while Fairweather,
on a works
Blackhurn e-e n gin e d
mount ,
grad u all y
cau ght up and pa ss ed him.
The A.J .S.
circulated slowl y for a noth er thr e e la p s
before pa cking in. Davie s would not say
wh at had ha pp e ned at th e tim e, but from
memo ry now he think s a va lv e tou che d
th e pi ston.
More d eve lopm ent work and the A.J.S.
turn ed ou t again
for som e record
a tt empt s. The fir st a ttempt e nd ed with a
brok e n val ve aud a de nt ed pi ston; the
pi ston wa s a thin s tee l on e ma chined
fr om th e solid.
A da y l ater, with the
d ent ta pped out , all went well. In a twoh our stint Davie s to ok th e two-hour
r ec ord a t 65.30 m .p.h. , nn impro vement
o f n ear l y 11 m .p .h ., th e 100-mil e r ecord
at 64.68 m .p. h. , th e one-hour
al 66.0
m .p .h. , and th e SO-mil e nt 66.49 m.p.h .
Thi s wa s proof conclu sive that th e o. h. v.
A .J .S. had al la st Connel stami na to go
with it s speed, and if anyone want ed to
bet 011 th e T.T . they ne eded no b ett er
form b oo k th an thi s.
As fur as he can rem emb er , th e ma chin e
was one of th e T. T. model s- probably
th e one h e la ter rode in th e Junior. Certa inl y it h acl th e new dropp ed fram e and
app eared to b e the same ma chin e in all
de tail s, thou gh stripped of mud guards.
It wa s outwardly almo st id entica l to th e
produ ction mod els of 1923-24. The only
n ot icea bl e spec ial features of th e T .T.
m odel were th e separate oil tank on the
se nt tub e- lubri ca tion was consta nt lo ss
b y mean s of a foot-op era ted pump , the
pump ope rated by a Bowden cab le and a
foot pedal.
Th e U bolt retainin g the
cylind er head wa s flatt ened and pierced
to surr oun d the plu g; on th e produ ction
model s th e plug was offse t to av oid thi s.
Cylind er-h ead finning
h ad b een in crease d from the previou s year, and in
search of better hea t di ssipation
th e
cylind er and hea d fin s were co pp er
plated an d the~ fini shed in matt bl ack.
Even th e expo se d portion of th e exhau st
, valve guid e was finned. The pi ston wa s
steel , the conn ec ting ro d of H sec tion ran
on a doubl e row of uncaged roll e r s, but
the ma in s were pl ain p.h. bu sh es . Th e
stand ard gearbo x with single cork pl ate
clutch gave rati os of 4 %, 6, and 9~ to
on e . Every att empt , it wa s stated, had
been mad e to k eep down the weight ,
whi ch came out at 188 lb -even
to drilling out th e eng in e b olt s and making do
with a pu sh-bik e type stirrup brake.
"We didn ' t use front brake s in th ose
day s . . . if we had, the st irrup mi ght
h ave ripp ed th e spok es out of t he
wheel s,'' re call s Howard.
When th e machine wa s examin ed aft er
the races it was obvi ous tha t h e h ad not
u sed the brake . He had not worn th e
enamel off th e rim.
The t yres were
26 x 21hin head ed ed ge .
NEX T INS TALME NT:
How H. R.
Davies nearly did tlie incredible feat of
win nin g the Junior and Senior T.T . on
th e sarn e bik e".
Honda reset
their sights
Comments on the new CB450
following a test ride
I
T is an inter es ting feature of the allpe rvas ive Honda market in g policy that
appear s to pr eclude the production
of a
second ser ies of a n y Honda model, n o
matter
h ow good it mi g ht be . T h e
ori ginal model sa il s throu gh a bewildering ly rap id se ri es of minor mod ifica tion s,
and evade s a comprehen sive re t hinking
by coy ly di sappear ing at th e peak of th e
dev elopm e nt of t h e ori g inal th eme.
At l ong la st, du e to mass ive investment
in the d. o. h. c. 444, c.c. en g ine, th e acco untant s have wo n , and the motorc y cle world has
been pre se nted with a t horou ghly rem a de
CB 4 50. The America n s a nd Germans ha ve
stol en their u sual six-mont h lead on t he
U .K ., and the new ma chin e appeared in
small numb ers in the I sl e of Man at T .T.
tim e.
I h ad the p l easure of a short tr ial r ide
on the 4 50 und er t es t by a German
maga zine , Mo torad, ri d d en in th e I sl and
by the entrant
of th e Kreid ler r id er
Rudolf Kun z, and con verse d with seve ral
of the German ride r s pre sent in the T.T.
Thi s was a part icularly intere st ing model
for me as I had owned a mode l T 450 of
1966 vintage.
Th e m aj or differ ences
b e t ween t he t wo mark s are th e five- spe ed
gear box, the longer rear piv ot ed fork, and
di fferen t crank shaft balance fac t or and
a sse mbly detail s. The rear shock ab s or h ers
h ave been altered to gas -filled D e Carbon
var ie t y, now seen on th e CB 250, and t he
sea t an d tank ha ve b een r a dically r ed es ig ned. On clo se examination, evi dence
of furth er modifications
app ear s : the
carburettor s ar e altered, the compre ssion
ratio is chan ged, and the silen cers are
mor e efficient. T h e electr ic st arter ha s
shrunk in size, but not in pow er, and
alt erna tor ou tput is uprat ed.
Delightful geru:hox
On th e ro ad, t h e new five- speed ge arbox
is a delight: light, po siti ve, an d, at last,
wi th a really exce llen t choice of ratio s.
Th e engine has a different fee l to it: the
hea vy v ibration period s h ave vanis hed,
but so also h ave th e reg ion s of u tter
sm oothn ess. The overa ll fee l is of a
very light but noti cab le vib r at ion inde pend ent of the engine speed. The power
baud feels wid er, but the effec ts of the
n ew gearbox rat ios disgui se thi s, as there
is no longer any noticeab le cru isin g
" no tch" and the gear bo x encourage s
unn ecessary chang es, as on my Br id gestone.
Handling ha s be en improv ed b y the
longer rear fork , and it is of in t ere st to
not e that the extens ion of the fork has
become a popular modification in competi tion u se of th e ear lier mod el. The D e
Carbon rear-s uspe n sion uni ts are bet t er set
u p for European rid er s, a poiut to which
attent ion shoul d h ave b een dir ec ted lon g
ago. The eng ine not e is qu ieter, an d it is
ev iden t that provi sion of hi gher -ra ted
alt ernator and quieter silen cers w ill be
evinc ed by t he U.K. mark et m ac hin es
when th ey appear . It is lik ely that th e
power gai n give n b y l ar ger valve s, hi gh er
Motorcycle Sp ort, Se pt ember 1968
335
:>ompression ratio, and lower loss gearbox
will be intentionally traded back for a
reall y quiet exhaust note in anticipa~ion
of
future
international
regulations
(already at committee stage). How ever
with th e five speeds and the wider (?)
torque band, an appr eciable gain has been
realiz ed. I was informed that ov erall
p erformance was a marked improv ement
ove r th e older ve rsion' s, in confirmation
of the se deductions.
The dry weight of 400 lb . is very much
the same as b efore, and it is a pit y that
the opportunit y to prune weight was lost .
The new tank
The new tank look s mor e Europ ean , and
is di sgracefull y inadequate in capa~ity : a
fuming German r eport ed long wait s for
Engli sh gara ges to op en, afte~ a m ere 90
mil es on a full tank aft er leavmg th e boat
at Dov er. Th e seat , too, will not m ake
new fri end s, and ma y lose old on es. It
is too short for two people in comfort, and
not as well designed a seat in an y case.
The older mod el has splendid seat and
tank units of ampl e size and comfort.
The many touri st s who buy 450s will
b e saddened to hear that the seat and
tank are affix ed differently, and as a
r esult the old cannot be returned to their
rightful pJa ce. Our only hope
that
the U.K. specification s do not mclude
the se two ludi crou sly unsuitable modification s, which mar th e bike to a very
significant degre e.
Oth er cosm eti c introdu cti ons ar e the
separ at ed sp eedom et er and re v.-met er
uriit s, in neat pl astic cont ain ers (a la
CB2 50), an d a lot of chrom e. The horn
cov er, t h e mu dgu ard s and even th e fork
Jegs app ear to hav e succumbed to the
chromium embr ace . Th e rear damp ers have
lost th eir lower guard s and no w hav e
chrom ed top covers and chromed springs.
T he fr ont fork s now ha ve neopr ene
gait er s, a ver y practi cal addition.
Th e
side cover s have been do wnr a ted to
pl astic, hut althou gh ther e is evi denc ~ of
a clo ser look at the cost s of va riou s
detail s, t h e overall finish h as remained at
t he higher level of H ond a standard s.
!s
Morecivilized
Th e ove rall beha viour of th e mac hin e is
m ark edly more civilized, and the new
four- sprin g clu t ch h as ma de it easier for
t he unw ary t o m ove off smoothl y on their
first ri de.
On th e whol e, thi s is very mu ch th e
mac hi ne I asked for at the end of an
ear lier articl e on the Mar k I v ersion , but
wit h th e maj or and extr emely important
r eserv a tion th at th e seat and t ank
compr ise a definit e ret rograde m oveme nt
t hat ma y v itiate th e ap p eal for U .K .
riders a ttr act ed by t he qui et , rapid and
civilized r eliabilit y of t he ear lier ma chine.
L et us h ope that Honda U .K . ha ve
alr ead y seen to t h ese two fea t ure s, as it is
unlik ely tha t- at t he pr ice of well over
£4 00 tha t must be confidentl y bu t gloom ily
ex pect ed- bu yers will wi sh t o do thi s
expen sive an d necessar y exchange of tan k,
and po ssibly seat also.
M. R. W.
336
Motor cycle Sport, September 1968
D
D
lVIyheresy: that "M"
Velos are better than
the cammy ones
WHICH
m ode of tran sport w ould be
chosen by a scienti st, a F ellow of
Heaven know s how many coll eges, a peri pateti c brain, a ba stion of boffinr y? An
impo ssibl y long, gleaming limou sin e, paid
for out of public fund s? A diminutive
family saloon on the verge of collap se
be cause its own er is too pr e-occupied to
have it ser viced? An open tourer pro·
pelled by some revolutionary pro cess?
If, before a certa in epi sode took pla ce,
I had been directed to an swer that que s·
tion, I should probably hav e opined in the
above fashion. I might , ju st conc eivably,
hav e hopefu11y sugge sted a motorc ycle , or
e~en a combination , but ne ver , in my
wild est mom ent s of whim sy, would I have
thought that one such, th e l etter s after
whose name would , if laid end t o end,
etc., own som ethin g like THE outfit • • .
My capital lcllcr s would be under stood
h ad readers glimp sed th e machin e in
qu estion . To expi ate my arrant flaunting
of the gramm ati cal rul es of the Que en' s
En gli sh, I will endeavour to give a pro so•
graph y of it.
Th e outfit con sisted of an antediluvian
V cl ocell e MAC and li ghtwei ght home·
mad e side car. Th e bike was an amal gam
of comp onents of diver se vint ag e and
dubiou s ori gin bolt ed togeth er to form
some sort of contiguou s whol e. Th e frame
and fork s were earl y po st•war-ri gid r ear
end with a deflated Dowty pn eum ati c
nose. The engin e was chiefl y circa 1938,
breathing
stento ri on sly through
th e
bu tcher ed remain s of a Bink s "m ousetr ap" carburettor .
Th ere were rudim entar y stump s of mud·
guard s, an old Triumph toolbox bolted lo
the re ar sub-fr ame and, thou gh mor e than
a few yenrs had pa ssed sin ce bomber s
lobb ed hi gh explo sive down on En gland ,
the headli ght still wor e a war-tim e
" blink er".
All thi s wa s curious enough, hut befor e
examinin g the even mor e eccentri c sid e car, it might he illuminatin g to consid er
the owner. Thi s gentl eman wh o, to emplo y his own crypti c phra seol ogy ,
"wor ked for th e Government " , was tol er·
abl y well r emun erated for hi s ser vices to
Stat e; hi s l ar ge motor-h ou se shelter ed,
besides th e combo, two impe ccabl e
Allard cars and a half-r estor ed Am eri can
H otchki ss.
Hi s ove rweening pa ssion in lif e, apar t
in th e
fr om hi s w ork a nd tinkering
gar age, was a de rail ed stud y of naval
vessel s and militar y air craft. Hi s tin y
stud y was littl e mor e than storag e spal'e
for eve ry co py o f J an c's " Fi ghting Ship s"
and " A ll th e w orl<l's air craft " sin ce th e
ye ar pl o nk , plu s gr eat du st. cov ered mono·
li1hi c sla cks of ba ck numb ers of "Fli ght " .
R eturnin g t o th e Vclo ce ll c outfit , th e
side car w as ro nstru c tcd from what ap·
pear cd 10 be <lope d fabri c str e tched over
a spindl y w oo de n fram e . In sid e were a
Lilliput ian l e ath e r se at, a m ost in sec ur e·
lo ok ing pani c handl e and a pa ssen ger' s
spe edometer , dri ven off the r ea r wh eel .
Th er e wa s a tin y fol<lin g aer o-screen, a In
Mor gan . But the m os t ab errant thin g of
all wa s that th e chair had bee n car efull y
!'amoufla gc -pa int cd in the m ann er of :'.Ill
air craft , co m ple te with a lar ge R. A .F .t ypc round el on th e s id e . On e go t th e impr ession that som e individual
h ud con ·
stru cted th e we ird contrapti on from le ftov er pa rts of old So pwith Camel s .
Th e owner w as, it tr an spir ed, be in g
coer ce d b y hi s sup erior s int o partin g with
the co mbination.
It see m ed that hi s collea gu e s, rath e r sen sitiv e ab out th e " null Y
profe ss or " cli chc, fa n cied that the repu·
talion of th e es tabli shm ent and th em selves
took a bod y-blow wh e n our fri end dr ove
throu gh th e gat es on such an un conv en ·
tional vehicl e . If h e prom ised to di spo se
of it , h e sh ould ha ve a sta ff car.
We could hav e th e V elo fo r a fiver if we
look it awa y th e re and th en.
Th e M AC s tart ed r ea dil y enou gh , a nd
ti cke d over lik e a we ll -reg ulat e d clo ck .
T hi s, alon e , wa s surpa ssin g ex pec tation s,
for every ga sket in the en gin e app ear ecl
t o ha ve blown, and as ca ster-ba se oil was
e mpl oye d , the re sultant m e ss ca n w ell be
itna g in e d.
No w a thr ee -fift y and s id eca r doe s not
su gges t searin g acce l e ration or an ove r·
abundan ce of p owe r , but in th e cir cmu·
stan ce s the outfit re all y we nt quit e well , a
long do wnhill s tret ch yieldin g 60 m .p .h .
on both clo cks; th e "pilot 's " chin bea t·
in g a de vil 's tattoo on th e tank-top. Th e
"o bser ve r " cow ere d in th e chair , gibb erin g, h e b eing sur e that at an y mom ent he
would be j e tti soned throu gh th e sid ec ar 's
flim sy floor .
Rid e rs of th e m ore hir sut e typ e of solo ,
wh o hav e n eve r sampled a n outfit , some ·
tim es cast di sp ara ging r e m ark s reg arding
th e la tt er' s com pa rativ el y p ed estri an per form an ce . I think, thou gh , th at an yone
who ha s dri ve n a chait · for an y di stan ce
will be abl e to confute thi s, fo1· a sid ec ar
outfit h as it s ow n individu al br a n ch of
ex hilaration and sh e er fun. Bend. swin gin g
on a convolutinou s c ountr y r oad , for in·
s tan ce, or churning
throu gh a snow ·
b ound co untr ys ide , confid ent in th e know le dg e th at unl e ss som ethin g ve r y unu sual
ha ppe n s, one cannot drop th e plot and
b end som e thin g.
Thi s parti cular combo was m or e fun
th an m os t, pro vidin g on e liad th e skin to
wa rd off th e almo st continu ou s barra ge of
rib ald comm ent s . Rollin g u p out sid e n
ce rt a in h ost,eh-y, th e lo ca l motor cycl ists'
Conti nued on pa g e 350
CHAMPION
LEATHERS
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THE CHOICE
Pho to by cou rt esy of
'M otorcycl e Sport '.
Made
from
se lec t ed
Black Hide
Cut
and
tailored
by
craftsmen
for perfect
fit
R e inforced
shoulder
s elbows
- knees - hip s
and
PHIL
HAILWOOD
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BILL
RON
IVY
CHANDLER
ANDTHE
BUTCHER KIRBYMETISSE
TEAM
32-PAGE ILLUSTRATED LIST FREE
REX
s cat
Heavy
duty
two-w"y
front zip
Zip
breast
pocket
Zip cuffs and calves
Tartan
lined
Back number
tapes
Send (or me asu re (orm
l'l.7
CO LOU RED STRIPES OPTIONAL
RED - BLUE - WH ITE - YELLOW
I Os. Cd.
THE
"RALLY"
p ost and pac k ini; 7/6
o r £10 D epo s it :in d 6 m o n t hl y
pay ment s o l £3 7 s . Id .
T o t>I £30 ls. 6d.
Ma d e t o m c;isu r c £2 e xt ra .
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MONEY BACK*
GUARANTEE
OF CHAMPIONS
MIKE
SEND
FOR
"CAVALRY"
THE
NOW
BOOTS
BOOTS
in smooth
NEW
Black Leather .
Zip bock.
32 PAGE
ILLUSTRATED
Taper Ankl e
I 6ii n. high.
LIST
STAMP
lD.
Apprec .
THE "FLORIDA"
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Made from selected
lllack Leathor
Cut and tailor e d by
craftsmen
Wrap-over
front
with he:ivy duty zip
Half
belt
with
quick
relea.se
Pleated
back
for
comfort
Three
z i p pockets.
Zip cuffs
Snap back lapels
C r im s on
quilted
lining.
Sizes 34-44
c hest
£ 2 19s. 6d.
Post a nd pac kint Sfo r 40 / - D e posit a nd 6
p;iym c nt s o f
42 / 1. T o tal £14 lls. 6d.
UNLINED
LAMB LINED
£6 6s. Od.
£7 Ss. Od.
post and packing 5/or 20/- Depos it and 6
o r 25/- Deposit and 6
mon thly payments of
20/4 . Tot • I £7 ls. Od.
The la test desi gn in sm oo th Block Leather .
with pointed toes . H e el and instep straps .
Rei nforced •r ch . Full t ip b,ck. Snug-fit • nkle.
Site s 6-11 .
UNLINED
LAMB LINED
TROPHY
mont hly pay me nts of
lJ /-. To tal £8 l s . Od.
BOOTS
£6 6s. Cd.
£7 Ss. Od.
post and packing 5/or 25/ - D e posit and 6
o r 20/ - De po sit and 6
monthly paymen ts of
monthl y payment s or
23 /- . Totol £8 3s . Od.
20/4. Taul £7 ls. Od.
m ont hl y
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THE "MANILA"
M:ide from
, e lected
Black Leather
Cut and t a ilored
by
craftsmen
Wrap-over
front with
h e avy duty zip
Drop back to pr e vent
ridine up
Four
zip
p oc kets zip c uffs
Snap b:ick lapels
Twin s trap wai s t adju s tm e nt
Sc :i rlet quilted
lining
34.44 che s t
P lea s e stat e siz e when
£ 11 19s. 6d. o rd e rin g .
po st an d pac k ing SfOr 40 /- Dep o sit • nd 6
m o n t hly
38 / 3.
pa y men t s
of
Tot>I £13 9 s . 6d.
THE "VIRGINIAili"
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Made
from
sele c ted
Black Le ather
Cut and tailored
by
c r aftsmen
Up t o date - s m:irt
- comfortable
Heavy duty fr o nt zip
Two zip pocke t s
Zip cuffs with gus s et
Adju s tabl e w:iist
straps
In s id e
pocket.
lin .
fringe
Rich red qu ilted li n ing
34-44 che s t
Pleas e st ate
size wh e n
£IO 19s 6d. o rderin g .
p os t and pa cking 5/or 40 /- Dep os it •n d 6
m on t hl y p ay men ts ol 34/ 5 .
T o t a l £12 6 s . 6d.
THE
L i g h
W
Ra
C
"CIRCUIT"
RACER
t •
i g h t
c ing
Boo t with
soft horsehid e upper .
Fu 11 zip
b,ck. He el
Strap. Le athe r sole.
Top str•p.
Sit es 6·11.
£8 Bs. Od.
p.p. 5/·
o r 30/ - De posit and 6
mo nt hl y
in smoo th Black Le>ther. Full t ip ba ck.
16iin . high . Tw o an kle str• ps. Snug fit
calf wit h str a p ta pe r •n kle. Sizes 6-11.
The lat est de sign.
UNLINED
LAMB LINED
£7 7s. Cd.
£8 IOs. Od.
past and packing 5/or 25/- Deposi t and 6 or 30/- De pos it and 6
mon t hly paymen ts al
mo nt hly paymen t s of
23/5. Tota l £8 5s. 6d .
26/ 10. Tota l £91 ls . Od.
paym ents of
26/6 .
To tal £9 9s. Od.
LEATHER FACE MASK ll /6
WHITE SILK SCARVES 9/6
P. & P. I/ ·
"MUSTANG"
HIDEJEANS
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Made from selected
hard.w earing Black Hi:le
Cut and tailored
by
craftsmen
Two slant front pocket.
Two zi p hip pocket.
Zip ny
Belt loop s
Tap ered bottoms
Red :irt. silk line;!
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BELSTAFF AND
BARBOUR SUITS ,
IN STOCK
£12 19s. 6d .
P le a se
giv e
p.p. 5/wai st •nd ir.•
o r SO/- Deposit
and 6 month ly ,id e le g mea pa ymcnts o f 40 /2
Tota l
£ 14 I ls . Od.
surcs.
Ladies '
olso in st ock.

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