I am responsible for purchasing the Scott on Ebay on the 21st April this year. It was imported from South Africa, I had the joy of re-registering it with the DVLA. I’ve enjoyed riding the Scott all summer and believe I am most fortunate to be the latest owner.
The ‘Bush’ run that you refer to is the Durban to Johannesburg run. I am particularly interested in Brian’s reference to Neil Smith, I’ve checked the DJ Run records and a Neil Smith is recorded entering the event in 1970, 1971, 1972 and 1973 on a Scott of similar age to mine. My Scott entered the run in 1989 through to 2002 whilst belonging to a Mr Introna.
My Scott was exported to from the UK to SA and was owned by a Mr Introna from 1987, I have numerous dated documents with Mr Introna’s details on from 1987 until the early 2000’s. Having gone through the paperwork in detail this week I have reference to an Albert Davidson who owned the bike prior to Mr Introna as well as Syd Van Der Vyver (yes the racing driver) who sold the bike to Mr Davidson.
I have letter from a Mr Neil A Smith with a Zimbabwe address to Mr Davidson giving advice on Mr Davidson’s Scott, Mr Smith references the bikes engine number in the letter but at no point suggest that he was once the owner. Based on this it is reasonable to conclude that Neil Smith was not a previous owner.
Had it not been for Brian’s suggested connecting with Mr Smith I doubt that I’d have scrutinised the paperwork so closely and wouldn’t be aware of much of the above.
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