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Identify these bikes! / Re: 1956 Ambassador Popular
« on: July 27, 2022, 03:38:51 PM »
Interesting, I'm going through the information that I got from Micheal, under the Colours/Finishers it list that the seat is a "Lycette saddle featured black cover" but the adverts and pictures show a dual seat??? I just double checked the saddle and the metal frame for the saddle has the original ‘Persian’ maroon paint on the inside. Any chance they came out with Lycette saddle?  :-\

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Identify these bikes! / Re: 1956 Ambassador Popular
« on: July 27, 2022, 03:02:51 PM »
Quote from: 33d6 on July 27, 2022, 02:11:20 AM
Yes, you've got it right A 1956 Popular with a made in June 1956 frame number and with the appropriate engine number prefix, 030B identifuing a 150cc 30C Villiers engine supplied to Ambassador in 1956. About the only mystery I can see is the singlle saddle as the 56 Popular left the factory with a dual seat but often that is a discreet way of stopping people trying to cadge a lift.

Anyway, what do you intend doing with it? With the price of fuel, insurance and so on thundering upwars a small economy runabout starts to look more attractive doesn't it.Easier to get past household management as well.

Tell us more.

Cheers,

Thanks so much,
I am going to do a full restore of her, yip seat will need to be changed and few little bit here and there I will need to find.
Michael Easton sent me a ton of useful information regarding the "Instruction Book" and the original spec of the bike (colour, folks, etc).
Should be a fun project,
Thanks again

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Identify these bikes! / 1956 Ambassador Popular
« on: July 26, 2022, 12:46:09 PM »
Hi everybody,

I am new to the forum and would like some help to identify this bike.
I think that it is a 1956 Ambassador Popular 150cc but not 100% sure.
Frame number: P65614727
Engine number: 030B 14579

I can't seem to find many pictures of the 1956 Popular but found an advert (attached).

Thank you in advance.

Kind Regards
Garreth

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