In 1959 Harpers Engineering purchased the remains of the Vincent Company and not long after that they gifted to the Vincent HRD Owners Club the original Vincent factory records documents for motorcycle production from 1928 and these records cover just over 90% of all Vincent Motorcycles made in Stevenage. These records give build details about each machine, when and by who they were road-tested and when and to who the machine was despatched. The level of detail does change throughout the years and also some machines details are less than others.
Recently these works record documents were scanned in high resolution colour and now copies of the records documents for your Vincent machine are available to purchase if you are the current owner of the machine.
VOC General Dating certificates are also available to purchase, again only if you are the current owner of the machine. These certificates are for just owner’s general information only and are NOT Certificates of Authenticity as the VOC stopped issuing those in 2005. Also, these certificates cannot be used for any DVLA registration applications or uses.
To be able to issue copies of the Vincent factory records and a VOC General owner Dating certificate clear photographs of the machine identifying numbers are required and also at least one of the complete motorcycle and any other information that may help identify your Vincent. These photographs can be in printed form or electronic but the number need to be clearly visible and easily read from the photos and also the shape and spacing of the stamping fonts needs to be clearly seen. If paint or powder coating covers the numbers then the owner needs to address this before any documents or comments can be issued. You may also be asked to prove ownership or at least declare you own the bike.
For the location of the identifying numbers on a 1928-1939 machines contact us.
The location of the identifying numbers on a 1946-1955 series B, C or D machines can be found HERE.
Once you have the required info you can contact us Here.