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From: David Robley on 23 Jul 2010 03:19 JustBiggus wrote: > http://www.motorcycleclassics.com/black-side-down-new-nortons-found-in-belgium.aspx Welcome to last century, or at least last quarter. I do believe I posted the very same link back on April 20 this year :-) under the subject "Anyone for a shiny new... " Cheers -- David Robley Useless Invention: Screen door on a submarine. Today is Prickle-Prickle, the 58th day of Confusion in the YOLD 3176.
From: The Raven on 23 Jul 2010 04:52 "David Robley" <me(a)here.invalid> wrote in message news:i2bfov$4ga$1(a)news-01.bur.connect.com.au... > JustBiggus wrote: > >> > http://www.motorcycleclassics.com/black-side-down-new-nortons-found-in-belgium.aspx > > Welcome to last century, or at least last quarter. I do believe I posted > the > very same link back on April 20 this year :-) under the subject "Anyone > for > a shiny new... " > > Yep, I recognised the pictures from some time in the past but it's still neat.
From: BT Humble on 23 Jul 2010 05:27 theo wrote: > > On Jul 22, 5:05?pm, JustBiggus <_b00...(a)gmale.kom> wrote: > > http://fat.ly/knkls. > > My younger brother had one of those when they were new. Hated it so > much he traded it on a Suzi water-bottle within six months. I'd wager than none of the buyers of these machines had any intention of actually *riding* it. Here's an interesting thought: In the story they only had 1 of the crates opened. Do you reckon any of these collectors would be so intent on "not opening the original packaging" that they still don't know exactly what they've bought? :-) BTH -- Posted at www.usenet.com.au
From: BT Humble on 23 Jul 2010 05:29 The Raven wrote: > > "David Robley" <me(a)here.invalid> wrote in message > > Welcome to last century, or at least last quarter. I do believe I posted > > the > > very same link back on April 20 this year :-) under the subject "Anyone > > for > > a shiny new... " > > > > > Yep, I recognised the pictures from some time in the past but it's still > neat. To be fair, it *had* been updated with what the Nortons fetched at auction ($21,000-$23,000, don't know if that's USD or AUD though). BTH -- Posted at www.usenet.com.au
From: Bill_h on 23 Jul 2010 11:15
On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 09:29:23 +0000, BT Humble wrote: > The Raven wrote: >> >> "David Robley" <me(a)here.invalid> wrote in message >> > Welcome to last century, or at least last quarter. I do believe I >> > posted the >> > very same link back on April 20 this year :-) under the subject >> > "Anyone for >> > a shiny new... " >> > >> > >> Yep, I recognised the pictures from some time in the past but it's >> still neat. > > To be fair, it *had* been updated with what the Nortons fetched at > auction ($21,000-$23,000, don't know if that's USD or AUD though). > > > BTH Must admit, wondered what they went for. Lusted after a Mark IIa when they were still readily available. -- Bill_h |