26th Mar, 2025 12:00

National Motorcycle Museum | Solihull, West Midlands

 
Lot 345
 

c.1922 C.C. Charles Chamberlain
No Reserve

Sold for £4,715

(including buyers premium)


Lot details

Registration No: EFR 346
Frame No: 950
MOT: Exempt

  • Part of a private collection for many years
  • A very rare machine today and maybe a one-off
  • Understood to have a 348cc side valve Blackburne single-cylinder engine and a Moss gearbox

Demand for motorised transport boomed after World War One which was just as well as given that numerous firms, freed from the demands of armaments production, found themselves with spare capacity. An abundance of proprietary frames, engines and gearboxes prompted many to try their luck at motorcycle manufacture. Derived from the initials of its founder, Charles Chamberlain, C.C. of Blackpool operated from 1921 to 1924. Utilising Villiers and Blackburne engines ranging in size from 147cc to 996cc, most of its models featured chain-cum-belt transmission (though, some of the smaller engined machines were single-speed). Never troubling the mainstream, C.C. soon faded into obscurity.

Thought to perhaps be the marque’s sole survivor, Frame Number 950 was apparently issued with the Blackpool number plate ‘EFR 346’ on April 17th 1950. However, it may well have been road registered prior to then. The accompanying old-style V5C Registration Document lists the cubic capacity as 550cc but we think it is more likely that the engine is a 348cc Blackburne sidevalve unit. The subject of an older restoration, the C.C. has formed part of a private collection for many years. Now in need of recommissioning, this ‘rare as hen’s teeth’ Vintage motorcycle is a reminder of a time when the British motorcycling industry was at its most prolific.

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

 

Auction: National Motorcycle Museum | Solihull, West Midlands, 26th Mar, 2025

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