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Transfers/decals and their positions  (iss 131)

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Introduction:

Advertising a product name is a common practice in the world of production of articles.
Nortons were no exception in this and the makers name could be found on the upper front of the petrol tank and on the lower end of the rear mudguard.
In general the application of the markings indicate manual work as there are many small deviations in position and positioning.

The following transfers are applied to Military Nortons and available on the market with a slight variation in dimensions. (dimensions vary slightly per supplier)
See links page for adresses. Unfortunately none of the available logo's have the same bright "rich gold" version of the original. "Classic Transfers" has the most correct version.
The markings are either waterslide transfers or selfadhesive vinyl decals. 

 

Petrol tank  (110 x 35 mm)

Rear mudguard  (65 x 20mm)

Primary chain case (54 x 36mm)


On early military machines (1936 to 1938) there was an oil level indication transfer at the root of the filling neck of the oil tank but this cannot be found on any pictures after 1938.
This same transfer is found on the picture of the civilian coloured motorcycle used in the 1935 MWEE evaluation testing so it may have been a standard application on civilian machines as well.

None of the transfer sellers have an example of it.

         
 

 

Here some original examples of the logo's used on the military machines giving a position and positioning reference.

 

a 1939/1940 petrol tank

A 1944 petrol tank 

Norton rear mudguard end piece

Primary chain case