Author Topic: Cutaway CB750 Engine leaves for a new home with Sammy Miller  (Read 10684 times)

Offline Harold 400/4

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Re: Cutaway CB750 Engine leaves for a new home with Sammy Miller
« Reply #15 on: March 29, 2015, 01:59:08 PM »
On holiday for a week in Dorset, and thought I'd drop in to Sammy Miller Museum. What I didn't realise that it was the official opening of the extension today.

Steve, your cutaway 750 engine takes pride of place as one of the exhibits in the new extension!
I was looking at the museum's 400/4, when Sammy Miller, Murray Walker and John Surtees walked by. They were very friendly and chatty, and John Surtees said what great bike the 400/4 was, and that he used to own one.  Quite an experience to bump into these legends!

Offline SteveD CB500K0

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Re: Cutaway CB750 Engine leaves for a new home with Sammy Miller
« Reply #16 on: March 29, 2015, 02:46:02 PM »
Well bugger!

Nice of them to invite me...    :'(

Did you get any photos?

Steve
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Offline Bitsa (Ralph Wright - RIP)

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Re: Cutaway CB750 Engine leaves for a new home with Sammy Miller
« Reply #17 on: March 30, 2015, 07:22:05 PM »
Thats not good of them Steve should have asked at least.Maybe your not a big fish to them :-[
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Re: Cutaway CB750 Engine leaves for a new home with Sammy Miller
« Reply #18 on: March 30, 2015, 07:32:11 PM »
Well that sounds about right.
When we meet up we can all give them a good old fashioned ear bashing.  ;)

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Re: Cutaway CB750 Engine leaves for a new home with Sammy Miller
« Reply #19 on: April 02, 2015, 05:07:04 PM »
Must say Steve.
  I'm also a bit p..'d off they didn't offer you the chance to be there. I'm sure it was an oversight but nevertheless I'd be cheesed off too! I will mention it to Viv...😔

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Re: Cutaway CB750 Engine leaves for a new home with Sammy Miller
« Reply #20 on: April 02, 2015, 05:43:11 PM »
Frankly that's completely unprofessional. Go and pick it up Steve :-)

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Re: Cutaway CB750 Engine leaves for a new home with Sammy Miller
« Reply #21 on: April 02, 2015, 06:35:30 PM »
Only if they've refurbished it and put it in a new glass case!
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