My collection ww2 g519 military bikes

[blackcat]

Hello;
I present your my g519 military bikes as they are presented.
The 1st, my bike, WESTFIELD COLUMBIA of 1941 found in Jan 2001 in region Champagne , n° MF 17056,bb code H12, hub L3. Juste redo the leather of the saddle.
The 2ème my brother bike, HUFFMAN of 1943 found at CINEY EXPO.BE in Otc 2002 of a Luxembourg collector but sui came fromage the same owner than that of 1941 bike, n° H 121672, hub M3. Juste redo the leather of the saddle and find a DELTA WINNER in France.
The 3ème, my bike, WESTFIELD COLUMBIA of 1944 found in Dec 2004, originally came from Normandie by a young guy who thought he was a german truppenfahrrad ww2 , n° MG 14197A, bb code L1.Is being restored .
The 4ème, my bike, a women's WESTFIELD COLUMBIA de 1943 found in March 2017in region Champagne comes from the south- west region of France n° MG155000, bb code K8, hub M3.
Regards
Serge

 

[johan willaert]

Great bikes and good to see some.of them again..

Remember Emile selling that Huffman at Ciney all these years ago...

And the women's model.was a really good deal!:

Did you see the article I did for.Militaria Magazine back in September 2015?

Will take some of my G519s to Normandy in June 2019, maybe we can do a little meet.'.

 

[blackcat]

Re;
Yes, it was Emile's.
The model of woman is pehaps my most beautiful piece in g519 with a monumental chance that i found it.
I have your article on MILITARIA MAGAZINE # 362 and i know very well your LIBERATOR site, we have a wla and wlc .
For Normandy, yes why not, i will also be at Ciney.
Regards
Serge

 

[catfish]

Nice!

 

[Whitey1736]

Nice collection!

 

[ChadC]

Beauties!

 

[johan willaert]

Hi Serge, yes, maybe we can meet up at Ciney...

The MF is very rare and even more uncommon in Europe... I know of only two MFs over here...

Back in the 1980s, Emile B indeed told me he got the Huffman from the Reims region in France. It could very well have been used at the Mourmelon training grounds by the thousands of GIs that were stationed there in late 1944-1945.

Can you recheck the frame number on the frame only Columbia. Could it be an MC number instead of MG?
Up till now the only A suffixed numbers I have come across were in the MG6xxxA blocks and MC146xxA blocks.
If indeed an MC number, that would be a first to have seen use in Europe during WW2....

And finally again, great Women's model! After it turned up at that fair last year, several people contacted me to see if it was indeed Original as they didn't know what to look at during the show... Seems they hadn't read my article... LOL

Cheers,

Johan

 

[blackcat]

Hello Johan;
Yes, the former owner told me that he sold it to Emile B, who is a friend.
I reverified, it is a MG but it is very weak and i have a traces of paint OD army and not forest green.
For the great women's model, what kind of show are you talking about?
Regards;
Serge

 

[johan willaert]

The Women's bike was offered for sale at a militaria show in Northern France early march 2017.
I didn't see it myself, but right after the show my mailbox filled up with questions about its originality..
From what I've heard it sold at the show for 600Euros...

 

[blackcat]

Re;
I thought about your black VG296.
Yes, it's hommes, it was a lounge cars and motorcycles all ages .
I found it in the morning shortly before the oppening To the public.
Where he was, nobody saw it, once the affair was done, he was put away in the van away from view.
He only came out at the end of the afternoon and passed on the stand of friands before leaving .
They where very disappointed LOL...
(courtesy: MA KUBEL LILI )