Norton engine identification

It should have an N or a P stamped in it somewhere also which would indicate that it was from a certain year in the late fifties. But it is a 600cc engine out of one of the non-featherbed bikes, like the model 77 or Nomad scrambler. I never had either bike, just gleaning information from places like this:

http://www.norvilmotorcycle.co.uk/engrange.htm

A good parts engine for your 57 Domi for sure........

Previously wrote:

Can't find N or P stamped anywhere but it has a K stamped over the cam on the timing side beside the pushrod tunnel another thing it had domed pistons when I got it,might not be original but might help to identify cheers Barry

hello barry its not forst to be a Nomad Its more in keeping with the model 77 A Sidecar bike .It replaced the model 19S and piston are after market ones ? Hope this helps

Hi Barry,

I own a 1957 model 77 (600cc) bike, any help you need feel free to get in touch!

Skip Brolund

This engine came from a 1958 600cc Norton Nomad. It was dispatched to Hap Jones, San Francisco in March 1958. Its model was an N15T but the later ones dropped the N15T and just used 15for the600cc Nomads,and 16for the500ccNomads. The number 99/1343 is the engine shop number. Should you want tosee a fully restored 600cc Nomad then visit the NMM as there is a 600 Nomad on display that was fullyrestored by Mike Bell, and it is one of the most beautiful looking machines that Norton ever produced from Bracebridge Street. I am biase, as i havetwo Nomads, a 500 and 600 and they have now been both fully restored.Roadholder showed a photo of the NMM's Nomad a while back. If you look on the Real Classic web site, there is also a picture of the NMM bike and a history of the Nomads. They were also called the North American scrambler, and were made and dispatched from 1958 through to January 1960. There were a number of changes along the way, and the last production Nomads used the cylinder head with the horizontal finning. Both engines used the Amal 276 remote float carbs. The 600 used two 1 1/16 and the 500 used the one inch twin carb set up. The Nomad used a modified ES2 frame and not a Model 77 as all the books that mention the Nomad state. There were three road tests published, one in America and two in England, all three were published in 1958. A Nomad also held the number one plate in the desert for one year in 1959. A modified Nomad was tested in te desert by a a Charlie Hockie. He won a desert hare race on a Norton in 1958 and people were in shocxk tghat a Norton won. Hap Jones asked Charlie to R & D the Nomad. He did win a few races with his Nomad, and he explained that it was equal to the Triumph twin. The bike went back to the factory to incorpare his modifications but he never heard any more, about what happened to that particular bike. The Nomad was exported to Belgium where the 500 Nomads were used in scrambling, and did very well winning many events in Europe.