The New And Improved Unofficial R65 Forum V2
General Category => Chit-Chat => Topic started by: Lucky_Lou on April 20, 2010, 02:46:03 PM
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A Collection of New US spec Norton Interstate 1975 bikes have been found in Belgium 11 still crated plus a stack of other gear
http://www.troostwijkauctions.com/uk/motorshop-podevyn/01-13018/00/?p=1
Very nice ...i want one.
Lou
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Very nice ...i want one.
Put me down for one as well Lou !
I imagine they will fetch a very good price at auction.
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I'd like to know, how you 'just find' something like this !!!
Even at 1975 valuation, there's $50,000US sitting there, you'd think someone would be missing something like this !!!!!
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They belonged to a Belgian Motor dealer (Cars/Bikes) who was a bit eccentric when you look through the other stuff there it seems he bought and sold job lots of things but apparently he had a habit of falling out with his business partners the sitting on whatever he had bought..intresting find though.
Lou
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Podevijn was a Norton and Honda dealer in Aalst near Brussels. I lived in Belgium in the 1970s and bought two Commandos from him, first a 750 later an 850 ES, both Interstate models. He was quite a tough character who used to show off a cowboy style revolver with ammunition - though I never heard of him using it! When I bought my 850 he told me he would be keeping a crated one but I did not know he eventually kept a whole stack of them. The dealership was a family business.
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I imagine that someone like Jay Leno will be putting a bid on these at Sotheby's soon.
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i want one please :)