This small photo was on ebay last week,this is a screenshot of it,a vokes filter is fitted,it could be post war as no blackout mask is in use.

I think R.A.F.A.C was part of air traffic control in Germany post war...Ian

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And with a Swallow Model 8 sidecar. Ron

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Also it looks like the headlamp is smaller and with the filter fitted it could be a later model I think the later models also had 7/8 inch bars but cant tell by looking at both photos.

RAF census number RAF167657 was issued approximately in early 1944.

Jan

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And this one with a slightly lower number. Ron

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I have some original parts from an RAF 16H including the fuel tank still bearing all the wartime paint and RAF roundel but also the handler bars which are 7/8" inch diameter as opposed to the usual 1" bars. The bars I have have the metal sprung clip for rubber mounting as per the SWD Big 4s. The parts came from what had been an auxiliary workshop during in the war in Cheltenham.

Ron Pier has a photo of the handlebars which I sent him by e.mail - the fuel tank is tucked away in the loft and has yet to be photographed.

Rubber mounted 7/8" bars ???? Ron

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These do look to have a WD16H bend, but civilian Nortons had 7/8" rubber-mounted bars from 1937 onwards...Could it be a local modification ?

The December 1944 RAF spare parts list for WD16H and sidecar (Up to W96676)still refers to handlebar and 2 x clips which is strange as the WD (Army) lists appear to show 7/8" adjustable bars from W90001).

Interesting to see that CAT A is painted on the top of the sidecar body. JT

I once had a 7/8" pair of bars in the past, with the bracket brazed on, so must have been used on other Nortons, maybe civvy prewar bikes?

Cheers, Lex

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