Crankcase Badge

Wolumla Peak · Post by **Wolumla Peak** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 5:54 am

Can anyone identify any of these numbers stamped on badge riveted to crankcase as such,

B Matchless 48

Part No. 41-G3L-E701

Serial No. G83926

Dougie · Post by **Dougie** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 11:19 am

I'm certainly no expert but, as no-one else has responded yet, I'll have a punt.

The serial number is probably the engine number, the 41-G3L tells you it is for a G3L 350cc Matchless model made on or after 1941.

SPRIDDLER · Post by **SPRIDDLER** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 1:03 pm

Do you have the whole bike?
It wouldn't still be khaki/olive drab by any chance?
Is it the one you show as 500cc and coming to you via Italy?
The only engines I've seen with riveted-on engine number plates are ex WD. Could be a WW11 350 left-over p'raps, converted to 500cc.............?
But then IKBA.........

Wolumla Peak · Post by **Wolumla Peak** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 2:05 am

quote:
Do you have the whole bike?
It wouldn't still be khaki/olive drab by any chance?
Is it the one you show as 500cc and coming to you via Italy?
The only engines I've seen with riveted-on engine number plates are ex WD. Could be a WW11 350 left-over p'raps, converted to 500cc.............?
But then IKBA.........

Yes that's the bike from Italy I put magnifying glass over numbers

Wolumla Peak · Post by **Wolumla Peak** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 2:11 am

quote:
I'm certainly no expert but, as no-one else has responded yet, I'll have a punt.

The serial number is probably the engine number, the 41-G3L tells you it is for a G3L 350cc Matchless model made on or after 1941.
Thanks for your interest in the bike one day I will get to the bottom of it all