By 1966, most of these machines had become Cold War reserve stock and it would simply have been in store at the Command Vehicle Park at Long Kesh.
Unfortunately, the system used on the record cards seems to have been one of pencil and eraser so only the last entry is generally visible. It's clear that the bike was already within the Northern Ireland Command by 1951 when it went through the Command Workshops at Kinnegar. Apart from that, it's all guesswork...Whether it spent the war in Northern Ireland, travelled there with a unit being posted or was simply transferred from a UK depot is impossible to say.
It does sound though as if Kinnegar had a large stock of deLuxe mudguards !
Its interesting that it still had its factory serial "C" number and never received a rebuild serial, apart from that there isn't much more to learn from this?
I'm not sure actually that all workshops in all areas used the parts bin 'Rebuild / New Serial' system....It seems quite likely, considering how many have survived with matching numbers that in some locations, machines were reconditioned / repaired and then returned to units.
Hi, I live in N.Ireland and have seen multiple bikes around 1940 to 41 that have the rear valenced mudguard. I've seen it too many times to think it is just a coincidence. All the best Glenn
