atlas man:
It did turn up at our depot for a while and I wondered what had happened to it, ive seen the Ripponden picture before but never realised it was the same motor, what happened to the old Ripponden motors were they scrapped after the buy out
None of them were scrapped, they just went, no doubt someone made a bob or two 
They used to pop up on the rally circuits now and then but I don’t know for certain where any of them are now.
Regards. John.