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1937 Triumph Tiger 70 350cc [Model 3H]

1937 Triumph Tiger 70 [Model 3H] in Roadways, Short Movie, 1937 IMDB

Class: Bikes, Road — Model origin: UK

1937 Triumph Tiger 70 350cc [Model 3H]

Pos: 00:03:44 [*][*] Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene 

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dsl SX

◊ 2016-04-29 14:56

 [Image: 03-44bikeaml3xxb.jpg] [Image: 03-44bikeaml3xxccur674.jpg]

Bizarre sequence where a gang of bikers park up beside a bypass and sit on the bank to have a picnic and play squeezebox music. AML 3xx is 1933, CUR 674 is early 37, so brand new.

nzcarnerd NZ

◊ 2016-05-01 00:02

 Still working on this one. Are you sure it is 1933? Very distinctive features of pushrod overhead valves with the brace up top. The mag drive is much like a later 1930s BSA. Still has hand change though. The new 1937 bike could probably be identified by the pin stripe on the front guard.

dsl SX

◊ 2016-05-01 00:14

 I'm sure the plate is AxL, with x being H, M, N or W. AML is Middlesex, late 1933 and still my preference onscreen; AWL gives late 1934, Oxfordshire so acceptable alternative. AHL and ANL are too late for film.

nzcarnerd NZ

◊ 2016-05-01 01:41

 Done some more research and there is something odd. Apart from the hand shift and the dating of 1933 this bike is a 1937-on Triumph Model 3H (350 cc ohv) - https://www.flickr.com/photos/michel_67/galleries/72157629468294848/ This model was also used extensively by the British military in WW2. The high performance variant was the Tiger 70. The 1933 Triumphs are quite different in their mechanical features.

dsl SX

◊ 2016-05-01 02:39

 Been through the footage again and I'm still convinced the plate is AML or AWL - the crucial letter is now the initial A. xML had got to GML by June 1937 and xWL had got to EWL by April 1937. I can't see that initial letter being anything from B to G onscreen - it has clear side slopes and a cross bar. If you're 100% sure of the bike date, we'll run with it and regard the plate as somehow an unexplainable anomaly.

nzcarnerd NZ

◊ 2016-05-01 23:07

 Re the bike date , no I am not 100% sure. I would need to do more research on 1930s Triumphs. Like any new innovation I think that the idea of foot gear change took some time to be accepted and maybe owners who preferred hand change (I don't know why they would!) - could still order that feature for a few years. Certainly there was a period when both were available and it was the lower price bikes that retained hand change for longer, like the small GPO BSA in the movie.

I am still mystified by the other 'new' bike. The distinctive speedo drive to the front hub says it is a Triumph but I can't find one with the more enveloping front guard like that. Also the brake cable is behind the forks and most have it in front. I am still leaning towards Triumph Speed Twin but I need more proof.

-- Last edit: 2016-05-01 23:17:32

dsl SX

◊ 2016-05-01 23:26

 Opening frame of the sequence.
[Image: 03-44bikeaml3xxd.jpg]

2nd thumb in opening comment above is final frame so nothing else seen of CUR 674.

dsl SX

◊ 2016-05-03 14:32

 See the clip here - Link to "www.gettyimages.co.uk"

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