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Transfers/decals and their positions  (iss 130)

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Introduction:

Advertising a product name is a common practice in the world of production of articles.
Nortons were no exception in this and the makers name could be found on the upper front of the petrol tank and on the lower end of the rear mudguard.
In general the marking indicate manual application as there are many small deviations in position and positioning.

The following transfers are applied to Military Nortons and available on the market with a slight variation in dimensions. (dimensions vary slightly per supplier)
See links page for adresses. Unfortunately none of the available logo's have the same bright "rich gold" version of the original.
The markings are either waterslide transfers or selfadhesive vinyl decals.

        
                    Petrol tank                                                              Rear mudguard                         Primary chain case
                 (110 x 35 mm)                                                               (65 x 20mm)                                   (54 x 36mm)

 

On very early military machines there was an oil level indication transfer at the root of the filling neck of the oil tank but this cannot be found on any pictures after 1939.
None of the transfer sellers have an example of it.
         
 

Here some original examples of the logo's used on the military machines giving a position and positioning reference.

 

a 1939/1940 petrol tank

A 1944 petrol tank 

Norton rear mudguard end piece

Primary chain case