History of a Triumph T20

Left Triumph Works 18th April 1962 to Comerfords Ltd
R.F.60 Registration Book (buff)
Registration Mark. 6397 PJ ( I call it Puddle Jumper!)
Type/Model. Cub
Frame No. T85467
Engine No. T20 85467
Date of original registration. 18th March 1963
Third owner Alan Goff. August 1968
Last Tax disc, December 1977

Off road left in garden under plastic cover for about
12 years then in a friend’s garage for about 18 years!
He was going to rebuild it for me, started but did not finish.
30 years after being off the road I got bike back
(rusty and in bits) to restore with friend Robert Beagley in June 2007.

The Rebuild

Front and rear wheels; Strip, blast and paint hubs, supply steel rims with stainless spokes and fit innertubes and Avon Mk.II tyres and 4 bearings by Graeme Dollery of Titchfield, Hampshire.
Paintwork; Frame, petrol tank, oil tank, mudguards and painted parts stripped and re-sprayed black and silver and lacquered where appropriate by Russell of Dresda
Engine; Engine stripped down completely crankcase shot blast, Aluminium covers polished. Replaced ball race bearings, bushes, valve guides, new valves, new piston rings, mainshaft cluster, nuts and bolts etc.
Most parts from Greystone Enterprises and Harwoods of Richmond
Various other parts & Sundries from Kempton Park Auto Jumble.
Electricals; Replaced all wiring, new coil, rectifier fitted.
Upholstry;New seat cover and moulded foam by R.K.Leighton of Birmingham.
Reassembled and rebuilt as standard
By Alan Goff & Robert Beagley
Finished November 2007
Cost of Restoration
Parts including any postage £2,129.51
Sundries £86.40
V.A.T. £387.78
Total £2,603.69

I am very pleased with the restoration of my old bike it’s better than when I brought it, the gear change indicator now works (apparently the cable broke often I am told, and fiddly to replace). It has a foot pump and steering lock which was not on the Tiger Cub when I acquired it.
I use to go to Harwoods of Richmond for clutch cable/throttle cables and replacement rear brake/light bulbs which use to get a good shaking and often blow!
Advice to anyone else if you have the time and money go for it!