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£3,100
1954 AJS Model 18, 500cc. Registration number GCK 408. Frame number A 11326 (painted covered). Engine number 15970.
Albert John Stevens and his three brothers became involved in motorcycles before the turn of the 20th Century. By 1909, they were manufacturing motorcycles under the name AJS. The company failed in 1931 and was taken over by Matchless, the two later operating under the name, Associated Motorcycles in London. During World War II, the company supplied the War Department with thousands of Matchless G3/L 350cc singles.
The company’s first big postwar splash was with a civilian version of the G3/L. in 1946. There were both 350 and 500cc singles in 1946. The AJS version of the 500 was the Model 18. These 500 singles would be the mainstay of Associated Motorcycles from their introduction until the company foundered. The last AJS Model 18 was produced in August 1965.
GCK was first registered in March 1954 and by 1986 it was with Arthur England of Padstow, he sold it to Frank Grant in 1988 and some 30 years later sold it to Neil Hassall of Horncastle. Our vendor bought it from him in February 2016.
An older restoration, the machine presents very well and is only being sold due our vendors advancing years.
Sold with the V5C, V5 and various old receipts.
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