Cornish "Rough Superiors!"

[timbo]

Have a look at the Daily Mail site. Some barn find 

[Moto63]

Hmmm....interesting find eh. Wonder if my little collection of XBR's would bring that kindda money in a few years  .  One just never knows eh 

[SteveC#222]

HERE

Seriously expensive bikes! An incomplete basket case was being auctioned for £60K the other month and a minter ( depending on model) can go for more than £200K!!!

.....the bloody annoying thing is that SWMBO's Granfather use to own one ....also knew Laurence of Arabia ( Laurence  was stationed at what is now RAF Cranwell)....sadly he'd sold it years before she was born.

[iansoady]

The interesting thing is that "barn find" / "original and unrestored" bikes often sell for more than restored ones. Even though they've probably been rebuilt several times.

There was an interesting article in Real Classic where someone bought an old Norton that had been painted blue then repainted it in the "correct" colours and distressed it so it looked original and worn. Weird or what.

[manxie]

The interesting thing is that "barn find" / "original and unrestored" bikes often sell for more than restored ones. Even though they've probably been rebuilt several times.

I agree..... "they`re only original once" maybe someone would like to buy my MZ 

Maybe not in my case.....doh! 

Crying shame though about the Superior`s, with the owner being an "enthusiast" you might have thought they would have been kept dry at least!?


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[timbo]

Yes, these bikes looked seriously "distressed", and I wonder how much of the original bikes will be left when they are restored 

[themoudie]

Gentlemen,

May I suggest that if you want a good read and can put up with some serious 'IN crowd' on occasion, in return for some genuinely interesting articles about machinery then you could try this link:

Brough_Superior_horde

As for the Cornish Gentleman, whose surname was "Vague" and whom owned these corroding vehicles, "eccentric" might be the polite terminology, through to "vandal" and more at the other. I suspect tickets for Stafford next April will be in short supply when Bonhams sell this collection of oxide for silly money. Having replaced all the tubes, tin and castings and maybe retained the 'original air from within the cylinders, they'll be back on the market as "Concours restorations"!

After viewing 'Henry' on the Travel Channel a few times; rumaging about in "Shed & Buried", I had to turn it 'Off' in frustration.  There appears to be a propensity to this habit amongst ............... insert your own opinion, I'm not risking mine on this forum! 

Yes, I know I am a hoarder    and I live near to a couple of Gentlemen whom have 'stuff' siting out in all weathers corroding,    In my defence, I do keep my horde dry and in large bits, until I can get near it to work on and have been thinning it out recently! 

Happy reading.

My regards, Bill

[timbo]

Totally agree Bill. My father in law never sold a single one of his cars, he just parked them up at the bottom of the garden and let them rot! This even included all his old tools gathered up over fifty years as a mechanic. Then there was all sorts of stuff lying in rotten sheds which just disintegrated around them. But nobody was allowed to touch any of it. I think its a kind of eccentric mental illness.
I have far too much stuff at the minute, but at least its all in good dry storage.