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trevor
It is a KB 21 as the poor attempt to alter the engine number reveals.
KB21 366 a 1939 Silver Star which never had a polished crankcase.
With that bodged number it will be impossible to put back on the road and the vendor obviously knows this as he has correctly identified it as 1939.
To be generious he may have bought it without knowing what he was getting into but he obviously knows now which is why he
1) lists it as suitable for spares and not a partial restoration
2) throws the Sunbeam red herring in so he can claim he "nose noting"
Run a mile from it good chance it was stolen at some time so you spend a fortune restoring it then the DVLA finds the original owner and sends it back to him.
If you are lucky you just loose the bike.
Unlucky and you get done for receiving stolen goods.
KB21 366 a 1939 Silver Star which never had a polished crankcase.
With that bodged number it will be impossible to put back on the road and the vendor obviously knows this as he has correctly identified it as 1939.
To be generious he may have bought it without knowing what he was getting into but he obviously knows now which is why he
1) lists it as suitable for spares and not a partial restoration
2) throws the Sunbeam red herring in so he can claim he "nose noting"
Run a mile from it good chance it was stolen at some time so you spend a fortune restoring it then the DVLA finds the original owner and sends it back to him.
If you are lucky you just loose the bike.
Unlucky and you get done for receiving stolen goods.
I was just going to write exactly the same but you beat me to it!
Yes but Trevor, what would us retired old farts be doing if we weren't checking what number goes with what engine. I think the B20 and B21 were the humble old go to work 250 SV and OHV. Whereas the B24 Silver Star was a more exotic 350. Ron
email (option): ronpier@talk21.com
trevor
Yes,
Humble pie time
Silver Stars were the B24 500cc & the M 23 500 cc
Again a marketing exercise like the Empire Stars to run out the last of the obsolete B series engine and changed mid season to the new M series engines.
The B 21;s were labled " De-Luxe " to hide he fact the the C series had made them obsolete.
Mind you the C series was already obsolete and it was only just being released.
Humble pie time
Silver Stars were the B24 500cc & the M 23 500 cc
Again a marketing exercise like the Empire Stars to run out the last of the obsolete B series engine and changed mid season to the new M series engines.
The B 21;s were labled " De-Luxe " to hide he fact the the C series had made them obsolete.
Mind you the C series was already obsolete and it was only just being released.
Yes Trevor! But I guess your "B24 500cc" is a typo. Ron
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