It will be 46-years-old and carries the treasured autograph of the Aces' double world champion, Peter Craven, who won the title in 1955 and 1962.
Kid Collins was nine when he crowded round the dressing room door in 1963 with his programme and pen waiting for his idol to come out.
Even then, Collins had decided that all he wanted to do was to follow the tyreprints of the Liverpool-born maestro to the world crown.
Craven, tragically for Belle Vue and speedway, died later that year following a crash at Edinburgh but he left his indelible mark on Collins who followed him to legendary status with the Aces.
The likenesses were almost freaky.
Same Christian names, same initials, same thrilling style and winners of the same world title as Collins achieved his boyhood dream by bringing it to Belle Vue's famous old Hyde Road stadium in 1976.
Collins is 54 now and running a vintage cars business in Lymm but one eternal regret remains about his magical career.
He said: "I only wish that I'd been able to sit down with Peter Craven and talk to him about speedway.
"When I was a kid they would let us into the pits after meetings on some occasions. I was one of those hanging around for his autograph but he was so small it was hard to see him in the crowd of youngsters when he came out of the dressing rooms.
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"I've got so much stuff that I can't put my hand on it but I'll have a sort-out and find it one of these days."
Collins recalled: "They had handicap racing when I went to Belle Vue as a lad. A few of the top boys, like Peter, had to start behind the rest and he just amazed me.
"He was so small you could hardly see him on the bike. It looked as if there was no-one on it as he raced through from the back. He was known as the Wizard of Balance and it was easy to see why.
"Bikes were heavier in those days and the top riders, men like Ove Fundin and Barry Briggs, were big and powerful with the strength to handle them.
"But Peter was such a little chap and didn't have their physical strength. He was a flyweight compared with the rest but he could beat them with his incredible balance. He was way ahead of his time.
"All I wanted was to be like him. Other little guys, like Soren Sjosten and later Kelly Moran, came to Belle Vue and went round without putting a footdown on the track for balance but Peter was the first.
"By the time myself and Chris Morton started to ride for the Aces we had more modern and lighter Jawa bikes. We both studied Craven and that's what influenced our riding styles.
"I was just a lad living on a farm when I started to follow Craven. There were some cinders in the farmyard and Dave Morton (Chris's older brother) and myself would slide our bikes on them.
"He sparked my ambition. Not only did I want to be a speedway world champion, I wanted to ride like he did. I count myself lucky to have got his autograph. But I still this wish to this day that I'd been able to talk to him."
Belle Vue celebrate 80 unbroken years of racing tonight with a gala speedway night when a field of 16 riders will race for the Peter Craven Memorial Trophy. Gates open at 4pm and turnstiles an hour later.
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