Hedley Cox

Mr. Cox was a Velocette factory race mechanic from 1948-1952. He's raced at the Isle of Man TT, built his own parallel twin special (Covel 500), worked for Harley-Davidson in the 50's and is currently building a sleeve-valve motorcycle engine. Quite a fascinating character.

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Hedley Cox at the 1951 Manx GP with his Covel Special

SDIM2401_2_3 - Hedley with his sleeve valve special

SDIM2404_5_6 - Sleeve valve motor detail

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SDIM2484_2_3 - My stable

SDIM2488_89_90 - Ralph, Frans, Me, Hedley, Jim and Gerard

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SDIM3153_4_5 - Sleeve valve motor on the bench

SDIM3156_7_8 - Hedley Cox removing the head

SDIM3177_8_9 - Front head removed

SDIM3159_60_61 - Cranking the engine to show sleeve motion

SDIM3162_3_4 - Jim inspecting the internals

SDIM3168_69_70 - Sleeve showing ports

SDIM3171_2_3 - Hedley still likes to ride

SDIM3180_1_2 - Another sleeve valve single motor previous page pages 1 2 ALL next page