1962 Panther M120 with Watsonian sidecar, 650cc. Registratio...

Hammer

£5,800

1962 Panther M120 with Watsonian sidecar, 650cc. Registration number 102 YUE. Frame number 28346. Engine number 59ZA 189A.
Sold with the V5C.
One of the very earliest manufacturers of real motorcycles, as opposed to motorised bicycles, the Yorkshire firm of P&M, later Panther, had even by 1904 very advanced engines with chain drive and 2 speed countershaft gearing.
Always just a little different to the common herd of contemporary motorbikes, the Panther in the very early years could be had with ninety degree v twin, vertical twin, unit construction transverse mounted twin and two- stroke configured power units.
The models most familiar to most motorcyclists would perhaps be the large, powerful but lean and purposeful looking Panthers with their forward canted ‘sloper’ type engines forming an integral stressed frame member, made up until the old firm ceased production around 1966.
YUE is an older restoration that has been owned by our vendor for two years. He is now downsizing and this combination takes up too much space in his garage. It was fired up before collection and is said to ride well, with the distinctive engine note. A video is available of the engine running.
Sold with the V5C.