BillT wrote:
Engine code 13 is for the model 50, .

Nope. You've totally skipped over the twin cylinder Dominator version of engine code 13.
And prewar, there were no engine codes. Well, not many, and none for the then Model 50.

Cheers.

# 4... According to Paul Dunstalls book on tuning tips for Norton twins....
Gee I hope this is right because I don't have the book anymore.
What is the main advantage of useing a 2 into 1 exhaust system.
SEE.. Norton Trivia Answers.
AC.

Who and where was the first American dealer/importer of Nortons? I don't know the answer, just wondering if anybody did.

Mike

Olephart wrote:Who and where was the first American dealer/importer of Nortons? I don't know the answer, just wondering if anybody did. Mike

Probably the Indian Sales Corporation.
Funny answer I know, but brochures for early postwar Nortons with their name on the bottom appear on ebay now and then, and I've not seen anything earlier.
But not been watching closely...
A British firm had gained control of Indian through some financial finagling in the 1940s, and some funny deals followed. 1950s though (?). Vincents also were part of the sales push.

Some Norton Inters appeared at Daytona in the late 1940s - and won. Francis Beart was the English side of things, at the request of Nortons, but was a Canadian or US Dealer behind the US side of things ? That line might show the Dealer the answer of your question.

Looks like we have an answer, for the 1940s anyway. Canadian.

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And by 1952, the Indian Sales Corporation was involved
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