Evans Viscount 400

[damon strub]

I just aquired this Evans Viscount 400. It was only $40 and the awkwardness of the design caught my eye. On line catalogs suggest it is a 1963 model.

it appears to be complete - except for the front part of the tank and headlight assembly. If I can find a headlight tank assembly, ill give it a try to restore. Without that part, its probably not worth the effort.

Might anyone out there have the correct missing front portion of the tank - or a complete tank assembly from an earlier model? BTW, this tank is actually just plastic. I think earlier models were stamped steel, no?

 

[Archie Sturmer]

Just looking at the catalog pictures (Interceptor 100 and Viscount 200), it looks to have common parts with the other tank housing, less the front reflector on the head tube, with a separate self contained headlight on the front fender.

Also, from your picture, it is not too clear what the contraption on the head tube might be, or if it is something on the fence in the background; is it an electrical fixture that a plastic bezel would clip onto?
Might simply look better without?

 

[coasterbrakejunkie1969]

It looks as though the rack clamp is also the seat post clamp. Am I seeing that right?

 

[partsguy]

I always liked these, kind of the “NASH” of the vintage bicycle world. A dearly departed friend of mine here had one, and it was showroom new.

 

[Adamtinkerer]

Most sources say Evans ceased production after 1962. The chrome guard, and paisley chain ring (similar to Monark's, but not the same) suggests a build date closer to the end. I have a ladies' version, with a Lucznik coaster brake.

 

[kemmer]

It looks as though the rack clamp is also the seat post clamp. Am I seeing that right?

It looks that way, but I'm assuming it has a quill seatpost like every other Evans I've seen.

 

[coasterbrakejunkie1969]

It looks that way, but I'm assuming it has a quill seatpost like every other Evans I've seen.

Got ya so the rack clamp is just that.

 

[kemmer]

I would assume so, yep.