1937 Ariel VB sidevalve De Luxe, 597cc, project. Registratio...

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1937 Ariel VB sidevalve De Luxe, 597cc, project. Registration number EKK 411. Frame number XF 10549. Engine number CC 3604.
By 1930 Ariel's new single-cylinder range, designed by the great Val Page, had gained a rear-mounted magneto and its distinctive timing cover, and the basic engine design - though frequently revised - would last well into the post-war era. Both overhead-valve and sidevalve versions were made, though there was only one of the latter in Ariel's post-war line-up: the 600cc VB, a long-stroke workhorse. First introduced for 1936 and intended for sidecar use, the VB was regularly updated along with the rest of the Ariel singles, gaining plunger rear suspension, a telescopic front fork and, finally, a swinging-arm frame as the 1950s progressed. Production ceased in January 1959 when parent company BSA decided to axe Ariel's four-stroke models.
EKK (original frame and engine numbers) was dispatched from the Ariel Works on the 26th July 1937 to dealers R.O. Wiltshire of Folkestone in Kent for sidecar use and registered by Kent County Council to F.W. Bromley. It was still being used with a sidecar in 1944 and 1948 (old tax discs). What became of it after that is unknown until it was bought by John Mitchell of Chorley in January 2000. He sold it to our deceased vendor in June 2000. Our vendor, with the help of the Ariel Owners Club and K.C.C. traced and successfully recovered the original registration number.
Sold with the V5C, V5, two tax discs, copy of the K.C.C. paperwork and Ariel Owners Club despatch records, EKK appears very original and would make a worthy oily rag/patinated restoration project. Please note the engine is seized.

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16th Oct 21 at 1pm BST

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