
LOT 52
c.1941/1952 Matchless 497cc G3L/G80 Registration no. not registered Frame no. W41/G3L/F1 Engine no. 52/G80 22239
Sold for £2,990 inc. premiumLot to be sold without reserve
Lot 52
c.1941/1952 Matchless 497cc G3L/G80Registration no. not registered Frame no. W41/G3L/F1 Engine no. 52/G80 22239
c.1941/1952 Matchless 497cc G3L/G80
Registration no. not registered
Frame no. W41/G3L/F1
Engine no. 52/G80 22239
Registration no. not registered
Frame no. W41/G3L/F1
Engine no. 52/G80 22239
Weighing as much as the 500cc model from which most of them were derived, but considerably less powerful, the typical British 350 of the 1940s/1950s was not likely to be anyone's first choice as a fast sports bike. Rather, these honest, workaday mounts were chosen for other reasons: chiefly their inherent strength, dependability and economy. AMC's offerings in this important market sector were the Matchless G3L and AJS Model 16, models identical in all essential respects, tank badge and magneto position excepted. Coded Model 18 (AJS) and G80 (Matchless), the two 500cc versions shared the same 93mm stroke as their 350cc brethren, combined with an 82.5mm bore. The machine offered here incorporates the frame from a military G3L dating from circa 1941 and a 497cc engine from a 1952 Matchless G80. There are no documents with this Lot, which is offered for restoration and sold strictly as viewed.
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