Dominator Rear Mudguard

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Hi Nigel,

If it's the ebay item ending 32326 it is definately not slimline. I suspect it is late 1950's wideline. It looks like a 2 piece guard

The 1960 Dommie did not have the later Dzus fastener holding the rear of the seat to the mudguard. Seat only hold by the frame pegs in front and terry clips (I think) close to the dampers. If I remember correctly.

The 1960 clip down seat is vulnerable to becoming detached  and is a bit of a liability, should not have been capable of passing an MOT as not securely fixed.  I would opt for the later dzus type fitting if starting from scratch.  The clip down seats are also very rare and not listed  as pattern spares. 

Strangely there was a 1960 clip down seat on eBay  with a starting price of £280.  And no takers    

I think the clip on seat was only used on the deluxe domis. The standard models got the dzus fastener.

I don't know the answer to that Paul, certainly the clip down seat was dropped very quickly , only used for a year, 1960  I think , but there was no technical reason it could not be used on a standard bike.  Perhaps fitted to more DL's to use up  a stock of expensive bathtubs  that were cut and ready to go.There were some  interesting decisions made around then. I have it on good authority that the well loved iconic wideline frame was only really  cut about and waisted to make the slimline to accomodate the 250's bathtub and use up the pile . Of course the "propagander* release said different !.  The truth would not have gone down well with the very conservative  "Bed lovers".

The -60 99 I had in the sixties was not a deluxe. Just a standard blue one. No Dzus. Seat came off on landing after a hump bridge.

There you go , the facts ,  std dommies were fitted with  fly off seats !,  briefly.