Registration No: NVS 146
Frame No: 10339/5B
Engine No: 10339/5
CC: 350
MOT: Exempt

• Douglas Mk5 flat twin with radical front and rear suspension
• Includes a spare set of front forks, rear mudguard and a gearbox
• Supplied with a file of invoices, a few old MOTs and a V5

Douglas motorcycles were manufactured between 1907–1957 in Kingswood, Bristol and were especially known for their horizontally opposed twin cylinder engined bikes, initially fore and aft and eventually in an across the frame layout . The first of these models launched in 1945 was the T35 featuring a pivoted fork rear frame sprung with torsion bars and leading link "Radiadraulic" front forks with compression springs and hydraulic damping. The company also built a range of cars between 1913 and 1922 and famously built Vespa scooters under licence in the 1950s.

The Douglas 350 flat twins were notable not only for the engine layout but also the rolling chassis which featured radical front and rear suspension designs for the time. Only around 3000 Mk5s produced in the Bristol factory and this distinctive looking Mk5 in Polychromatic Blue has been part of a private collection since 1995. Restored in the 1980s with further ongoing work carried out over the years, all documented in a folder of invoices and handwritten correspondence. It comes supplied with a spare set of front forks, rear mudguard, a spare gearbox, a few old MOTs and a V5 registration document.

For more information, please contact:
Ian Cunningham
ian.cunningham@handh.co.uk
07415 871189