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I have finally faced the reality that I'll never get my Berkeley S-E492 restored, so have decided to sell it to someone who has more time and money. I owned this car back in the 60's and was fortunate enough to acquire it again several years ago. It is an excellent restoration candidate, since 99% of the parts are still with it. The engine is complete and original. The only significant parts missing that I can think of is the electric fuel pump and wiper motor.  Many hard-to-find parts are included, such as hinges and bumperettes.  I also have new seat upholstery from Kip Motors. I don't want to oversell it - it definitely needs  restoring. I think $4000 is a fair price. E-mail me if you're interested. See my restoration page for photos and more details.

Updated the Berkeley US owners list.

Added a PDF of the Berkeley CKD Manual describing how to build a Berkeley. This manual is particularly useful today since it contains information on many of the fasteners that were used. See the Berkeley Technical Information and Manuals section.

Updated the Berkeley US owners list and added a page containing Berkeley related items for sale.

Updated the Berkeley US registry and added a link on the main Berkeley page. Also added a new form that you can use to update your entry. This is a new procedure - if you have problems with it please let me know via regular e-mail.

Updated some captions in the New England Racing section. Added new info on the Help Wanted page..

Updated the Berkeley US owners list and the dealer list.

I'm looking forward to reading this new book by Rob Carrick and Mick Walker. It should be available in the US in late April and is expected to sell for about $46 here. They also collaborated on a history of Greeves motorcycles and Mick has written numerous excellent books on the history of various bikes ranging from Aermacchi to Velocette and many in between.  Read the description here.

Updated Berkeley dealers list.
Updates and corrections to Berkeley racing page.
Updated BEC contact information.
Added sample pages from a Berkeley CKD Assembly Manual and a Berkeley Dealer's Time Standards Manual. Click here.

Nice shot of Jim Bean's Brabham added on the other tracks page.

More small updates to the Berkeley (dealers and racing) section.
Minor updates to Old Pics.
Caption updates for Lime Rock photos.
New photos and changes to organization in the Thompson pages.
New mystery cars - do you recognize the Alfa Veloce or the AC Ace? Also an update on the Kieft Sportscar.
Updates to most Berkeley sections, including new photos of Mark Schoenlein's newly restored cars.

Numerous small updates and caption corrections in the Berkeley section.
New  photos of the ongoing restoration of the Berkeley raced by Milton Schaefer.
Added photos to the Berks Today section and the Berks racing section.

Several new pictures and revised captions in the Thompson pages. I also added a page devoted to "Thompson Topics" postcards and would like to thank David Meisner for his contribution to this.

Old Pics - Our used cars, parts, boats,  planes, two dealerships, a girl, 2 NY International Car Shows, and more.  Original basis for this site. All period photos. (3 August  2009)
 

Berkeley! - Berkeleys in America. Our history project. (25 May 2010)

Unusual and humorous (4 November 2007)

Help Wanted - You have answers? We have questions (16 March 2010)

Picture of the  month quarter, some new, some recycled - Indulge me (17 February 2008)

Links and Credits 5 February 2008

Coldplugs in the news (4 February 2007)

"The greatest casualty is being forgotten ... "

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