Same contract as mine, also repatriated from India. I calculate your census number as what you said C5569941. These bikes had the steering damper deleted and were fitted with 7/8" handlebar and the standardised Amal controls. On the lug on the saddle tube under the saddle should be a date when the frame was made ie TEC (Triumph Engineering Co) 8.44. Littlewoods was just a holding area, like the Mars factory in Slough.
I can't imagine why they would have gone back to the factory? By this time they would have had little use if any anyway. It looks to me like they might have been shipped directly from the holding area in Liverpool? I guess this is all we'll ever know about our bikes. Ron
Thanks for reply Ron.
I like your desert finish. Did any 1944 3HW’s go to the desert?
I was told they went back to the factory after the war to be “tarted up”. I don’t know if that means civilianised or just cleaned up, repaired etc. So not sure if they were sold to India for military use or as civilian bikes.
Can anyone confirm?
Thanks
The desert scheme was purely artistic licence on my part. I just wanted something different amongst the green and brown.
Royal Enfield certainly had a return to factory and refurb for the post war civilian market. I've not read that Triumph did this and as far as I know, all models for 1946 were twin cylinder tele fork bikes. Ron