We bought a 1912 Humber 2HP motorcycle.

It was first registered to Harry Studt, Ty Gwyn, Clydach.

We found out that Harry was part of a famous family of Fairground operators in
South Wales.
We bought a 1912 Humber 2HP motorcycle.
It was first registered to Harry Studt, Ty Gwyn, Clydach.
We found out that Harry was part of a famous family of Fairground operators in
South Wales.
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Chapter 1, how it all began
In October 2010 I bought a 1928 Buick on Ebay. One of those Sunday evening post pub purchases. Well it seemed like a good idea at the time.
It was advertised as a restored rolling chassis, with a list of all the work done, and it was said to be a UK built right hand drive Buick, and I was attracted by the 6 cylinder 3.4 litre engine.
My previous old cars, Morris Minors and a 1932 Riley had all had small engines, and I wanted a big one.
I should have been warned when I offered £1000 below the asking price, and it was accepted straight away. Anyway I hired a trailer and me and Little Phil drove up to Cheshire on a Wednesday afternoon to collect my Buick.
What a mess!! What a disappointment!!
Anyway, we loaded it up, paid the man and took it home.
I had rented a shipping container at a self storage depot, to store the Buick. It only just fitted and by the time we had unloaded the spare parts, the front wings, the 4 heavy Hudson doors, there was no room in the container.
And we still had to lift that Hudson saloon body off the chassis yet.
Then 4 days later I fell off a motorbike!
continued in chapter 01.
A blog about my small collection of old bicycles