Registration No: EBN 384
Frame No: 14194N
Engine No: 6T14194N
CC: 650
MOT: Exempt

• This 1950 Triumph Thunderbird was restored a few years ago
• Restored to a good standard and enjoyed since
• Being 1950 makes this one of the most desirable years of Thunderbirds
• Not run in that last year, so light recommissioning will be required
• It comes complete with a current V5C

To capture the American market, the 6T Thunderbird used a variant of the earlier Speed Twin's parallel-twin engine, bored out from 500cc to 650cc to give the added horsepower American customers demanded. The concept of enlarging the Speed Twin was dreamt-up by managing director Edward Turner. The 6T Thunderbird was launched publicly at Montlhéry near Paris, where production bikes were ridden around a circuit by a team of riders averaging a speed of 92 mph over a distance of 500 miles. All three machines were ridden to the circuit and back to the Meriden factory. Triumph obtained further lasting publicity with Marlon Brando's 1953 motion picture The Wild One, in which he rode a mildly customised 1950 6T Thunderbird.

This 1950 Triumph Thunderbird 6T was restored a few years ago to a good standard and has been used and enjoyed since. Being a 1950 model of the 6T Thunderbird makes this one of the most desirable years of Thunderbirds. This machine has not been run in the last year, so light recommissioning will be required, it comes complete with a current V5C.

For more information, please contact:
Mike Davis
mike.davis@handh.co.uk
07718 584217