The Vincent Black Shadow was the most sought after , highest performance Vincent road bike of the day and is still highly valued. Bike #3 packed up for the return trip to Vermont

This is pick up day for the 1949 Series C Black Shadow that we found in a barn in Quebec

 


Vincent C Shadow in pieces

These are the shadow parts as delivered. Very few prebuilt subassemblies came with it. Those that did had to be disassembled and redone correctly. Oil galleries were plugged with gasket cement and one had an insert blocking it. Valves were installed without collars. Broken rings had to be replaced,  one muff had a loose liner, an oil pump was installed with missing parts, girdraulics with seized spindles and more

 


Engine shot after major rework

It was fully Imron painted with 9:1 pistons.  It came with all new stainless hardware.   

 

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