Levis 1934 football

Levis 346cc

1934 ORIGIN: Stetchford, Birmingham DATES: 1911 – 1940 The model on display was used by Harold Breach, a leading motorcycle footballer for Gloucester and Stroud. Football played on adapted motorcycles was popular before and after the Second World War, with teams from Stroud, Gloucester, Cheltenham, Tewkesbury and Worcester competing in

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MG 1100

MG 1100

1964 The MG 1100 was introduced in 1962 as the sporting version of the Austin/Morris 1100. It competed In famous rallies of the day, driven by well-known personalities like Raymond Baxter and Pat Moss. Some 30 years, later this car was driven by Tony Davies (subsequently CSMA Club Chairman) and

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MG J2

MG J2

The marque was created in 1923 by Cecil Kimber who was the manager of Morris Garages (hence the name MG) in Oxford. Cecil asked coachbuilders to build special bodies for existing Morris models. There were two versions of the J-type: the J1 was available as an open four-seater or a

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MG TD

MG TD

1950 With its upright grille, slab fuel tank and exposed spare wheel, it looks every inch the classic British sports car. Indeed, during the war, American GIs had grown to love the T-Series MGs. Many were exported and, with that in mind, the TD was the first MG ever to

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MG Y

MG Y

1951 Shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War, a small saloon had been designed to replace the old Morris Eight. Originally scheduled to appear in 1941, it was finally launched in 1947. The all-welded chassis constructed from box-section steel provided a very sturdy frame, something that had only

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Mobylette 49cc 1975

Mobylette 49cc

  1975

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Morgan Three

Morgan Super Sports

1936 Having acquired a garage in Malvern Link, Worcestershire, company founder Henry Morgan wasn’t satisfied with merely selling cars, so he moved into designing – first a motorcycle, then a three-wheeler. A factory was established in 1910 and soon produced 1000 motorcycle engine trikes a year. Originally Morgan built trikes

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Morris Minor

Morris Minor

1952 There were three main model periods spanning nearly 25 years. The Series MM, produced between 1948 and 1952,was powered by the same side-valve engine as seen in our pre-war Morris Eight. The Series 2 gained the overhead valve engine of the Austin A30 in 1953 after the merger with

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Motobécane

 

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MZ ts 250 1978

MZ TS 250/1

ORIGIN: Saxony, Germany 1978/79 In 1906, Danish engineer Jørgen Skafte Rasmussen bought an empty cloth factory in Zschopau, Saxony, to produce steam engine parts, going on in 1917 to invent a steam car that he called Dampf-Kraft-Wagen (DKW). Two years later, he made a 40cc two-stroke engine for toys, which

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