1938 Velocette 495cc MSS, Frame no. KDD 8843, Engine no. MSS 2872, Reg: unregistered. The third of Velocette's overhead-valve, high camshaft, single-cylinder designs, the 500cc MSS was announced in 1935. The first of these new models had been the 250cc MOV of 1933, which was joined for 1934 by a longstroke 350cc version - the MAC. In creating the MSS, Veloce kept to the basic design, combining the MAC's 96 mm stroke with a larger bore to create its new '500', while the engine went into a new frame derived from that of the racing KTT. The MSS disappeared from Veloce Limited's range in 1948 while the company concentrated on the LE, reappearing in 1954 with a new swingingarm frame and Hall Green's own telescopic front fork. The engine too was updated, gaining 'square' bore and stroke dimensions of 86 x 86 mm along with an alloy cylinder barrel and 'head. This fully restored MSS was owned during the war by Harry Beaham, patron of the VMCC of Australia, before passing to Joe Kadar of 'AM Parts' circa 1980. Joe commenced the rebuild and sold the machine in 1995 to the current vendor, a local collector, who completed the very exact and full restoration circa 2003. Since completion of the restoration the machine has covered some seven miles only and has won outright every concours event it has entered (five in total) perhaps the most prominent being the Legano Lines Festival, Classic Motorcycle Show, which attracted somewhere in the region of 150 entrants