Hello Peter

Some very interesting photos - one thing to remember when looking at unlabelled photos and race numbers is that New Imps persevered in the Junior races too until 1934 with the bikes looking virtually identical [as do the production racer models 50 and 60 - 250/350 respectively]
Looking at the Ted Mellors photos let me recommend his book 'Continental Circus' - the first part of which is all about him racing for New Imperial in this period
Good luck with your quest for racing history - I've been doing something similar for about 30 years but it really would be 'luck' after all this time
I do think you're better looking at the MGP for clues - Bill S has a lot of photos - from the 250 race proper starting in '34 there was a good selection of NI's from very standard GP models to 'escaped' works type machines

Ian

Quote:Also just recently Aherl from the Netherlands had a photo of Ted Mellors on Ebay and is was said to have been taken after he came 7th at the 1933 IOMTT.



Given that the numbers on these two photos are different, should I assume that when Aherl says taken "after" the 1933 IOMTT to mean a long time after - in fact it could be even another event.
In fact I also recall contacting Aherl in the past as that persons claims as to when photos were taken of another machine could not possibly have been correct as the machine that it was claimed to be hadn't even been made on the claimed date of the photo.

Given what I have just said, I think I have answered my own question. The discrepancy in numbers on the Ted Mellors machine must be due to Aherl being incorrect as to the date of his Ted Mellors photo?? Any comments on this conclusion or could have the numbers have been changed before and after the event??


Peter Shannon

Alas Peter, when I see "Ebay" my cynical button pops up !!

You are of course correct - Ted Mellors rode the New Imp under No 27 in the 1931 Lightweight TT.


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