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The third and present owner (for the last 44 years) had known ChrisArthurs for a long time, and had previously asked for first refusalif Chris ever decided to part with the Brough. Chris, by now in hiseighties, finally offered him the machine in 1971. The present ownerwho had a young family was unable to afford the asking price of £200and was allowed to pay the balance off at a rate of £5 per month! Thereceipted payment schedule comes with the machine. It was thenused for a number of years until a conrod broke in 1976. Fifteen yearspassed before it was back on the road, and it has been used regularlyever since.In 1996 it starred in The Big Breakfast on Channel 4 with Wallace &Grommit. Around 2001 the engine was rebuilt by Dave Clark includingthe approved strengthening modification with bolt through cylinderbarrels. It has probably covered less than 2,000 miles since. Bringingthings right up to date, in the 2014 Banbury Run it won the prize for thebest Brough Superior, and was the only Brough to be ridden to a GoldAward. In his notebook the vendor recorded “....engine runs like dream– such power......” He describes the paint and bright work as “poor”,but the engine as “top notch”, and also reports that a new battery isrequired. It should be noted that the original inverted front brake levernow operates the auxiliary oil pump, whilst an additional period brakelever (which matches the clutch lever) deals with the brake.This is a matching numbers machine (frame, engine and gearbox),all housed in the sprung frame. It comes with a large history fileincluding photographs, a Brough Superior club copy of the originalworks record card, contemporary magazine reports of the new BlackAlpine, a separate notebook recording work on the machine overmany years, a letter from George Brough to Chris Arthurs dated 13thSeptember 1937 (the signature may perhaps be by rubber stamp), anarticle written for the Brough Superior Club newsletter in September2012, a roadtest of the machine by “Motorcycle Sport and Leisure”in September 1996, a photocopy of a 2 page chapter about themachine from Titch Allen’s Brough book “Legends in their Lifetime”,two continuation logbooks,, a current V5C and earlier V5 registrationdocument, an original Brough Superior “instruction book”, 21 old MoTcertificates (the earliest dated November 1972), and 22 old tax discs.£70,000 - 100,000€98,000 - 140,000Bidders must satisfy themselves as to the description and condition of each lotprior to bidding. All lots are sold “as is/where is” with all defects and faults.motorcycles | 75