Old Bike Australasia – July 21, 2019

36 :OLD BIKE AUSTRALASIA

Story and photos Jim Scaysbrook

First came the astounding AJS V4 – astounding because apart from the single example

that was manufactured in 1935 and exhibited at that year’s Earl’s Court Show in London

and subsequently dismantled with the planned production run cancelled – virtually

nothing exists. As we saw in issue 75, this almost total absence of reference material

did nothing to deter Dan’s resolve, in fact quite the opposite.

In earlier issues we have followed the amazing creations that

have emerged from the tiny workshop (known as The Basement)

under Dan Smith’s house in Vancouver, Canada.

VINCENT SERIES A RAPIDE

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