A Rare RESURRECTION
As found, the 250 cc British motorcycle was in original condition and it represented a unique challenge that intrigued Calgary’s Roger Brown. Seemingly in a perpetual state of motion, restorer Brown has brought a remarkable number of interesting old machines back from the brink, and one of those was a 1947 Triumph 3T. This 350 cc Triumph figures into how the Raleigh was obtained.
Restoration Requirements
“In 2018, I was looking around for my next project,” Brown explains. “There were two requirements: it had to be old, and it had to be British. I was talking to people at the Red Deer vintage motorcycle swap meet, and through the grapevine, I found out Steve Williams had two older British bikes for sale.”
Williams had an OK Supreme 250 Flying Cloud, and the Raleigh. Photographs of each were sent to Brown, and it was the Raleigh that piqued his interest.
