I had been looking for a Lady Dax for a while but wanted one that was still fitted with all its standard parts, even if tatty. It makes for a much nicer restoration if you can use all the original parts and restore than rather than buying NOS, new and pattern in that order. This bike came up on eBay a few months ago and after confirming it was still original, and more importantly had the original flower seat UNDAMAGED, I was in and determined to win it. I put in my max bid, £1,000, and waited nervously. As you know, last minute bids tend to scupper your plan, but in this case I had priced it right and got it for £999. A 3 hour trip to Manchester and it was mine. It is the ST70 (England) model with serial numbers ranging from 137314 - 152908 and first registered here in the UK in 1975.
Saturday 24 May 2008
In the beginning
I had been looking for a Lady Dax for a while but wanted one that was still fitted with all its standard parts, even if tatty. It makes for a much nicer restoration if you can use all the original parts and restore than rather than buying NOS, new and pattern in that order. This bike came up on eBay a few months ago and after confirming it was still original, and more importantly had the original flower seat UNDAMAGED, I was in and determined to win it. I put in my max bid, £1,000, and waited nervously. As you know, last minute bids tend to scupper your plan, but in this case I had priced it right and got it for £999. A 3 hour trip to Manchester and it was mine. It is the ST70 (England) model with serial numbers ranging from 137314 - 152908 and first registered here in the UK in 1975.
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Hello Peter, good to see you have started your project, i still have a new pair of 70cc tin badges that i intended to give you when you collected the bike, please send your postal address and ill forward them on.
Best Rgds
Andy Lee
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