John Player Norton value?

Speculate all you like from several 1000 miles away, if a guy who worked at the factory says it was referred to as a Jubilee paint job then Jubilee it is.

The Queen's Silver Jubilee was 7th Feb 1977, but the publicity/speculation/press coverage and plans for street parties started a couple of years before if not earlier. It was a bank holiday and these are planned years in advance.

en.wikipedia.org

List of events during the Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II - Wikipedia

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The souvenir industry would be planning even earlier. So its not without reason a 74/75 paint job in the Union Jack colours was nicknamed the Jubilee paint job.
 
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marshg246 said:
Notice the caption - it does not say "New first time Blue and Red Stripe finish"!
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Yes, but irrelevant as the thin stripe was red on production models.

marshg246 said:
Then we have:
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John Player Norton value?



...which is not the scheme used on the JPNs although it's shown in the brochure.

www.carandclassic.com

1974 John Player Norton For Sale By Auction

Stored from new, delivery miles only, One of only 200 made, Displayed in a dealership, then left and rediscovered, As close to a new one...
www.carandclassic.com www.carandclassic.com
andover-norton.co.uk

Andover Norton - JPN Decal Complete set - 13.1964

JPN Decal Complete set
andover-norton.co.uk
 
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L.A.B. said:
Yes, but irrelevant as the thin stripe was red on production models.

marshg246 said:
Then we have:
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andover-norton.co.uk

Andover Norton - JPN Decal Complete set - 13.1964

JPN Decal Complete set
andover-norton.co.uk

...which is not the scheme used on the JPNs although it's shown in the brochure.

www.carandclassic.com

1974 John Player Norton For Sale By Auction

Stored from new, delivery miles only, One of only 200 made, Displayed in a dealership, then left and rediscovered, As close to a new one...
www.carandclassic.com www.carandclassic.com
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L.A.B. said:
Yes, but irrelevant as the thin stripe was red on production models.

marshg246 said:
Then we have:
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andover-norton.co.uk

Andover Norton - JPN Decal Complete set - 13.1964

JPN Decal Complete set
andover-norton.co.uk

...which is not the scheme used on the JPNs although it's shown in the brochure.

www.carandclassic.com

1974 John Player Norton For Sale By Auction

Stored from new, delivery miles only, One of only 200 made, Displayed in a dealership, then left and rediscovered, As close to a new one...
www.carandclassic.com www.carandclassic.com
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Not fighting anything you're saying in any way - simply trying together the confusion.
That's why I started the post you're quoting with: "I realize that sales brochures are about as authoritative as parts manuals are for the location of things. "
And ended with: "So, I now know for sure is that what I thought I knew was wrong!"

I'm out. If I get anything authoritative from AN or anyone else, I'll update my web site. I should not have taken this thread on a tangent - sorry!
 
marshg246 said:
I realize that sales brochures are about as authoritative as parts manuals are for the location of things. However:

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Notice the caption - it does not say "New first time Blue and Red Stripe finish"!

Then we have:

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Which appears to say "John Player Norton" on the side and is similar to the race bikes:

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Which also say John Player Norton on them.

Then we have many pictures on the Internet of MK3s with a paint job like the first picture but with the narrow stripe being red and they say electric start on the side panels.

Then we have the set I have that the tank and one side panel are absolutely paint of the era and like the first picture but with the narrow stripe being red.

So, I now know for sure is that what I thought I knew was wrong!
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I just noticed, the blue stripe tank paint scheme, looks surprisingly like the seat rear hump on the JPN bodywork, only flippled to the front.

Either way, both bikes make me want to go out and buy a packet of John Players and take up smoking....
 
(back to the original discussion) The cover of the Clymer's service manual has a photo of a Mark III roadster in John Player colors. Apparently, quite a few with this paint job were sent to the US. Several years ago, I met the then-owner of the cover bike, who said that the paint job was how they were shipped from the factory. Note that these bikes were stock Mark III roadsters: no fairing
 
The white red and blue roadsters were referred to at the Factory as the Jubilee paint scheme not JPN. The factory only used JPN in reference to the bikes with fairing and the John Player No 10 cigarette colours.
 
I sold my ‘74 real JPN for $6500 to a collector in San Diego in 2003. He sold it six years later for $10,000 and only put on a couple of miles. I sold it because I knew these were mainly collector machines and if more than 10,000 miles started to go down in value. Not to mention it was painful to ride.
 
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ILLF8ED said:
I sold my ‘74 real JPN for $6500 to a collector in San Diego in 2003. He sold it six years later for $10,000 and only put on a couple of miles. I sold it because I knew these were mainly collector machines and if more than 10,000 miles started to go down in value. Not to mention it was painful to ride.
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Likely the wrists .
 

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