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£1,500
1957 Ariel NH Red Hunter Special, 350cc. Registration number 340 YUM (non transferrable) Frame number APR6811. Engine number XWD13343.
As far as single cylinder machines were concerned Red Hunters were Ariel's staple diet, beginning with their introduction in the early 1930s, and for more than a quarter century thereafter. Indeed, the NH 350/VH 500 were acknowledged as two of the market's leading ohv singles. Designed by Val Page, and with some later styling input from Edward Turner, this rugged pair of iron-engined singles were successfully utilised for a variety of uses including many forms of competition. Although the VHA became "all alloy" in the early 1950s this improvement did not extend to the NH.
Little is known of the early history of YUM, John Bateman of Driffield obtained a dating certificate in 2012 from the Ariel Club, stating it had been dispatched from the factory on 26th February 1957 to Parkhurst of Weymouth with engine number NLT 3313. At some point the Ariel has been converted into a modern version of the iconic HT3 trials model.
Owned by our vendor since 2016 it will need recommissioning for green lane use.
Sold with the V5C and dating certificate.
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