1939 AJS Model 26, 347cc, Project. Registration number FWJ 5...

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£2,500

1939 AJS Model 26, 347cc, Project. Registration number FWJ 572. Frame number X663. Engine number 39/26 7596. Gearbox number 26293.
The Model 26, a 350cc 4-stroke single of some quality, was one of two new Matchless-style overhead-valve machines introduced for 1935 (the other being the 245cc Model 22) featuring a vertical cylinder, twin-port cylinder head and forward-mounted magneto. Enclosure of the valve gear had arrived by 1936 and a single-port head - standard on the competition version - became available later. The 39/26, logically enough, was the Model 26 for model year 1939.
This example was first registered on the 1st March 1939 and by 1959 it was with Nelson Hirst of Hull, followed by Peter Mann of Withernsea in 1974, Kenneth Lowe of Hornsea and then Gary Flew of Hull in 1981. It was then stripped for restoration which stalled. Our vendor came across it some 30 years ago in a dismantled condition and began a restoration, which again stalled.
Sold with the R.F. 60 and V5. Buyers should satisfy themselves as to the completeness of this project.