Australian Military Registration C7120

[Rich Payne]

Would anyone be able to give me some pointers on the number shown on this motorcycle ? Is it an early or pre-war ARN ?



The picture came from Mike Kelly and is intriguing as it shows a 1938 or 1939 Norton 16H fitted with a fuel tank cut away for the Vokes filter, something that didn't generally appear until late in the war except possibly for a pre-war India Office contract (but they had a later type of engine)

My thoughts are that it is quite an official looking photograph and I wonder if the bike was an early evaluation example.

Is it possible to find out anything from the registration number ?

My apologies if this has been covered on the forum. I have searched but not even found posts that I know I've seen

Rich