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Corgi

Post by modelman » Sun Aug 30, 2015 11:40 am

The first 'bike' I had as a young-un in 1962 was an old Brockhouse Corgi, I don't remember the year but they were made from the late 40s to the early 50s.
Now one or two years later I found a beat-up 1953 MK4 & for pure 'nostalga' I bought it & renovated it, they never came with the little side-box, but I found various old adverts showing them so I made one 'just to be different'!
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Post by Jims65CA77 » Sun Aug 30, 2015 12:00 pm

VERY NICE!! Looks like the original seat was more of a "Saddle" like a SOLO seat on a Harley Davidson?

Nice job on the "Box" too!!
Jim

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Post by honda brian » Mon Sep 07, 2015 1:10 am

Champion monkey job modelman! A gorgeous little combo.
Brian.

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Post by Steverino » Mon Sep 07, 2015 12:04 pm

That is really neat modelman. I have never seen one before. Why is it built so low? Is it a fold up bike?
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Post by modelman » Mon Sep 07, 2015 4:05 pm

It was derived from the wartime 'Wellbike' these were designed to fit in a 13" dia tube which was then slung under aircraft wings to be dropped by parachute for troops, they were & still are, crap!!
After the war, there was a shortage of many commodities & Brockhouse noticed a gap it the market for civilian transport, so they 'modified' the Welbike & it became the Corgi, at the time, Brockhouse owned the US Indian brand, so it was exported there as the 'Indian Papoose'.

And, yes, the seat lowers right down as do the handlebars each side of the tank.

They're still bloody crap however!!
GSX1400 Red/silver
GSX1400 Blue
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Brockhouse Corgi
CB77
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I DO have to grow old, I DO NOT have to grow up.

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Post by Steverino » Tue Sep 08, 2015 12:17 am

It does look a little like a Corgi.
ImageCarly05.jpg by Steve Steverinomeister, on Flickr

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Post by modelman » Tue Sep 08, 2015 2:46 am

That is a beautiful corgi, much nicer than mine, but can you get it into a 13" tube & drop it from an airplane!!
GSX1400 Red/silver
GSX1400 Blue
GS1000G
Brockhouse Corgi
CB77
CA77
T140
BSA 250

I DO have to grow old, I DO NOT have to grow up.

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