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Norton speed disk engine problem4/5/2024 ![]() As well as a Commando production line, N-V chief Dennis Poore established a race shop at the new site under the guidance of ex-AJS racer and development engineer Peter Inchley. But as part of the deal, Norton-Villiers (the company rebuilt from the ashes of AMC by new owners Manganese-Bronze Holdings) acquired new premises in Andover, Hampshire, on the site of the Thruxton racetrack. The site was slated for development, and the company issued a compulsory purchase order. The Production Racer story really starts in 1969 with the pending closure of the old AMC factory in Plumstead, London, where most Commandos were assembled at that time. ![]() ![]() And it didn’t hurt that the competition shop had its own full-size test track! Plumstead to Andover But by careful tuning, testing and assembly, the factory race department was able to find at least a dozen more ponies than a stock Commando. Though it certainly included some special performance parts, the engine wasn’t that far from a stock Commando. Take the Norton Commando Production Racer, for example.
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