Intro new project Model 18S ...or CS
Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2017 4:40 pm
Hello,
after my 68 BSA Spitfire is up and running, my friend offered me his AJS Model 18. It was originally registered in the U.K. as a 1954 AJS Model 18S and got a new frame and engine (alternator) somewhere in the 60s. The frame number is A 23 3 19, the engine number is 58/ 18S 13 1967. The last entry in the original registration book (VE 60...whatever this means?) is from 1976. It is now labelled as a 1958 model, although it has the double tube frame from a Matchless G9. The conversion was approved in 1974.
It came over to Germany in 1983, when my friend had a short ride, disassembled it and let it rest in a barn for 34 years. Now it's on me to get it back on the road.
My plan is to build a semi-street scrambler, somehow as a CS clone.
First step was joining the club and getting the right literature. Now I started the parts-search- and to-do-list.
Any input or suggestion is welcome.
Thanks for your feedback.
I will keep you posted.
Christian
after my 68 BSA Spitfire is up and running, my friend offered me his AJS Model 18. It was originally registered in the U.K. as a 1954 AJS Model 18S and got a new frame and engine (alternator) somewhere in the 60s. The frame number is A 23 3 19, the engine number is 58/ 18S 13 1967. The last entry in the original registration book (VE 60...whatever this means?) is from 1976. It is now labelled as a 1958 model, although it has the double tube frame from a Matchless G9. The conversion was approved in 1974.
It came over to Germany in 1983, when my friend had a short ride, disassembled it and let it rest in a barn for 34 years. Now it's on me to get it back on the road.
My plan is to build a semi-street scrambler, somehow as a CS clone.
First step was joining the club and getting the right literature. Now I started the parts-search- and to-do-list.
Any input or suggestion is welcome.
Thanks for your feedback.
I will keep you posted.
Christian