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Post by julian57 on Sept 2, 2009 22:58:03 GMT
Sorry...I am posting this topic under various sections but only because there is an urgency.....
Can someone out there please help regarding the location of Jim's Velocette KTD. There is a website which is no longer maintained but, if you google search for Velocette KTD, will come up as Jim's bike. It looks, from the image on the site, as if it is on display somewhere but, try as we have, we cannot locate it.
Jim was my wife's great uncle and her mum's uncle. She (Jim's neice is nearly 80 and would like to see the bike her uncle rode) so the tantalising photo is a case of so near yet so far as we cannot locate it. The website seemed to be hosted by an Andy at Exeter falcons but, again, this has drawn a blank.
Anyone knowing where the bike is - please email me outside this forum.
Thanks
Julian
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Post by julian57 on Sept 20, 2009 11:22:48 GMT
We appear to be closing in.
Jim wasn't the one of the great riders of all time but was the first Englan team captain . From scrapbook of 1930's press cuttings passed to my wife from her family he was never the same after a nasty crash and left the sport mid 30's.
Fortunately, for the brief time he was near the top his constant smile earned him his nickname 'Smiling' Jim and my wife and her mum are proud of him..so thanks for all the assistance in locating his Velocette.
He enlisted at the start of the second world war and ferried planes to airfields.
Sadly, in ferrying a plane to Germany, just after the war his plane hit cables and he was killed.
We will update when we know more but thanks again.
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Post by mybigtoe18 on Jan 23, 2010 11:55:22 GMT
Was there ever a conclusion to the query about Jim Kempster's Velocette?
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Post by julian57 on Jan 23, 2010 14:52:38 GMT
Yes, in part but I was waiting until the Spring and a visit to Glasgow before I could, categorically. report that we had found it. In essence, we have found the bike we were looking for and the owner has advised that he recalls there being a name tag associated with the bike advising that it was that of Jim Kempster but the name tag and details had been lost for some time and so the specifics of where the bike had been and the provenance leading back to Jim's relatives was not in doubt but couldn't be proven. As such we were biding time (a) to see if the tag re-surfaced and (b) because the trip to see the bike needed to be pre-arranged and we wanted to do this when it was lighter and warmer.
On a plus side we have also, elsewhere, located Jim's 1930s speedway 'golden' winged helmets and trophies and will advise when we have seen these.
Thankyou for the interest and apologies for not posting sooner but wanted to be correct in what I advsed.
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Post by oldskidkid on Jul 15, 2010 10:53:45 GMT
Have there been any miore developments in regard to tracing Jim Kempster's Velocette? or confirming if the one in Scotland was his?
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Post by fastfire212 on Sept 16, 2010 17:01:58 GMT
There's some photos of Jim Kempster in action on his Velocette speedway bike in a website called Speedway In Print. It's in the part that gives magazines for 1930.
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Post by oldskidkid on Jan 13, 2011 16:02:08 GMT
We appear to be closing in. Jim wasn't the one of the great riders of all time but was the first Englan team captain . From scrapbook of 1930's press cuttings passed to my wife from her family he was never the same after a nasty crash and left the sport mid 30's. Fortunately, for the brief time he was near the top his constant smile earned him his nickname 'Smiling' Jim and my wife and her mum are proud of him..so thanks for all the assistance in locating his Velocette. He enlisted at the start of the second world war and ferried planes to airfields. Sadly, in ferrying a plane to Germany, just after the war his plane hit cables and he was killed. We will update when we know more but thanks again. We're all still waiting patiently....
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Post by stutowner on Mar 8, 2018 15:54:04 GMT
The photo you refer to looks like it may be in the Ian Patterson collection in Scotland.
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