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Dave's Vincent
These are pics of my 1951 Series C Vincent Black Shadow, engine # F10AB/1B/7692, frame # RC9592B/C. I bought this bike in November 1998; it's a good example of a bike that's become a legend. Only 1334 of these bikes were made, out of a total postwar production for Vincent twins of 6645.This one was road tested at the factory in Stevenage, Hertfordshire England on October 1, 1951 according to the works records. Two days later it was shipped to Andrews, a distributor in the U.S. Canal Zone in Panama. (Because the Vincent's performance was famous worldwide, and because postwar England needed to export as much as possible, many of these machines were sent overseas.) This bike has had seven previous owners, spent many years as a basket case and survived an earthquake. It was in decent mechanical shape, but needed a bit of sorting out and a fair amount of cosmetic work. Many Vincent parts were stainless steel, but others were cadmium-plated. Most of the latter had lost their plating and developed a coating of rust, probably due to the bike's former residence in humid Florida. These photos were taken shortly after I acquired the machine.
(Click on the pictures to view full-size images.)
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