Hello forum,
As it seems there is a wealth of knowledge on Excelsiors on this forum, I hope you don't mind my joining the bandwagon and asking for any information on my recent purchase.
We picked up our Excelsior at Dorset Steam Fair as a small pile of bits, not even knowing the make or model. The attached picture is of what we got when it was all roughly placed together.
We have done a fair amount of research since.
- We tracked the registration down to a dealership in Barnet, Hertfordshire. Issued in 1955. We have the first owners name and address but little else.
- After a lot of google image searching we think it to be a Roadmaster. So we have purchased a '55 Villiers 8e to go in it.
- We are now upto about 85% of the parts needed to rebuild it, although some are not quite correct, but as close as we can reasonably find.
I would be interested if anyone can shed any light on the frame number, I had thought that no records of Excelsior frame numbers existed, untill I saw other posts on this forum. The number appears to be: 5pc/625 although I could easily believe I have misread it. We haven't stripped the frame yet. Is it a Roadmaster or one of the manyother models they made at the time?
Any help would be appreciated.
Regards,
Ian