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£3,400
1958 Norton Dominator 99, 596cc. Registration number 852 BHY. Frame number N14 78402. Engine number N14 78402.
Norton’s 500cc twin found a new home in the racing singles’ ‘Featherbed’ duplex frame in November 1951. The newcomer - titled ‘Dominator 88’ - was the first production Norton roadster to feature the lightweight, race-proven chassis. Updated annually, by the decade’s end the Dominator had received an alloy cylinder head, full-width hubs, welded rear subframe, alternator electrics, coil ignition and - for 1960 - the narrower ‘slimline’ Featherbed frame among countless other improvements.
Introduced for 1956, the 596cc Dominator 99 was outwardly identical to the 88. Endowed with greater power and higher gearing enabling it to top the magic ‘ton’, the 99 nevertheless retained all the excellent handling and steering characteristics associated with the Featherbed chassis. One of the Rockers’ favourites, the 99 remained essentially unchanged - apart from gaining alternator/coil-ignition electrics for 1958 - until dropped in 1962.
BHY was purchased by our vendors engineer husband in 2016 and subject to a full overhaul, the file has £2500 of receipts for parts including a magneto rebuild. Unused since his passing in 2017 it will require recommissioning before use.
Sold with the V5C and afore mentioned parts receipts.
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