"The Manx GP was aborted midway through the second lap due to a historically violent hailstorm. Officials restarted the race hours later, but some competitors, caught on the Mountain during the worst of the storm, DNFed on account of irremediable pummelment."
--Motor Cyclists' and Potato Fanciers' Journal, June 8 1957
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"The Manx GP was aborted midway through the second lap due to a historically violent hailstorm. Officials restarted the race hours later, but some competitors, caught on the Mountain during the worst of the storm, DNFed on account of irremediable pummelment."
--Motor Cyclists' and Potato Fanciers' Journal, June 8 1957
It is shaped beautifully and symmetric, but to smooth the finish would have taken double the time probably?
I love the hammer finish. It was a popular finish for awhile. Some early Steib sidecars sported a similar look.
photo https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=546526786483449&set=pcb.2916513278597986 Steib
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