LOT 540 N
1955 AJS 497cc Model 18CS Scrambler Registration no. not UK registered Frame no. 6094C Engine no. none visible
Sold for £6,900 inc. premiumLot to be sold without reserve
Lot 540N
1955 AJS 497cc Model 18CS ScramblerRegistration no. not UK registered Frame no. 6094C Engine no. none visible
1955 AJS 497cc Model 18CS Scrambler
Registration no. not UK registered
Frame no. 6094C
Engine no. none visible
Registration no. not UK registered
Frame no. 6094C
Engine no. none visible
Associated Motorcycles announced its post-war range of Matchless and AJS heavyweight singles in June 1945. Housed in a rigid frame with Teledraulic front fork, the ruggedly built overhead-valve engine drove via a four-speed gearbox. Hairpin valve springs were adopted for 1949 and a swinging-arm frame introduced; the latter initially was for export only, models so-equipped being suffixed 'S'. The production scramblers also received this new frame, which the works team had enjoyed since 1948; the trials models though, kept the rigid back end. The scrambles engine went all-alloy for 1950 and subsequently received different cams and larger valves before being redesigned with short-stroke dimensions for 1955. A new duplex frame appeared for 1960 and there were further engine improvements. AMC continued to develop its four-stroke scramblers to the end of production in 1969, but by then the days of such heavyweight machines were at an end.
Believed delivered new to Sweden, this rare Model 18CS raced in that country in the 1950s and early 1960s. The machine was painstakingly renovated in Sweden during the 1990s and was finished in 1997. It has been ridden sparingly since then but has not been started since 2015. Only relatively mild re-commissioning should be required before further use. Offered with Swedish registration papers.
Believed delivered new to Sweden, this rare Model 18CS raced in that country in the 1950s and early 1960s. The machine was painstakingly renovated in Sweden during the 1990s and was finished in 1997. It has been ridden sparingly since then but has not been started since 2015. Only relatively mild re-commissioning should be required before further use. Offered with Swedish registration papers.
Footnotes
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Lot symbols
| N | NOVA declaration |
| If purchased by a UK resident, this machine is subject to a NOVA declaration, whilst the responsibility of submitting the NOVA rests with the Buyer to do so, Bonhams will facilitate the process by engaging an agent (SHIPPIO) to undertake the NOVA and C88 (customs) application if applicable on the Buyer's behalf. A fee of £350 + VAT to do so will be added to the Buyer's invoice. |
