c.1942 Matchless G3/L, 349cc, project. Registration number n...

Hammer

£1,200

c.1942 Matchless G3/L, 349cc, project. Registration number not registered. Frame number 49452. Engine number 40/G3L 13016 plus many other over stamped numbers.
Developed from the pre-war G3, the 'L' in the G3/L stood for "lightweight" in response to the War Office requirement for a motorcycle more suited to off-road use. The real innovation of the G3/L was the "Teledraulic" forks, which were the first telescopic design with oil damping.
Frame 49452 was in contract S1050, some 9000 bikes, mainly for the Army, but some to the RAF. The engine number range would have been 41-G3L-63060 to 72059, this would explain the overstamping of the engine number as it would have been swapped and/or rebuilt during the war.
Sold as a project, buyers should satisfy themselves as to its completeness. There is no paperwork with this lot.