Hi Al,Aussie_G3L wrote: ↑Tue Nov 16, 2021 11:31 amI don't know what the numbers "294/23/S/****" mean, but the last 4 digits appear to be the contract numberpeterg123 wrote: ↑Thu Nov 11, 2021 8:28 pm Could Aussie G3-L or another kindly look into the contract number of my G3L. The little toolbox tag says
"Chassis Contract Number 294/23/S/4555 and then "Catlogue Ref No" 32
What "CC" number should I stencil on my Tank? And as a last question, why did they stencil those on the tank anyway? Was it to help sort out which units they were going to?
Contract number C2604, was March 1943. 7000 bikes
Frame numbers 57070-64069.
Engine numbers 72070-79069.
WD Serial Number (C number) 5477370-5484369
Contract number C4555, was September 1943. 8000 bikes
Frame numbers 64070-72069.
Engine numbers 79070-87069.
WD Serial Number (C number) 5800000-5807999
I assume the WD number was for easy ID of the motorcycle as they did not have number plates. I am definitely no expert on these bikes.
Do you have a better copy of the image you posted? I can only read (maybe wrong) 548164??? 548 is most definitely visible, the rest is a guess, which means there is 4369 possible bike numbers. Without a clearer image there is little more that can be done to ID the bike correctly.
The tank number in the picture matches the bracket for contract C2604, not Contract C4555. -- not my query this one!!!
Cheers
Al
Very kind indeed but I think you are mixing up two questions from different people I have not sent any photos of a tank or any photos at all. You have brilliantly answered the CC contract no 4555. So my follow up was, what CC Number should I stencil on my bike tan therefore?
I got the "little toolbox tag" in my hand as I write. it came with the bike which was discovered in perfect originality in Kenya, in a surplus dealer from WW2 old yard! As I asked "What "CC" number should I stencil on my Tank? Going by your reply, I could trace the engine number then use that to determine where between 5800000-5807999 it is?
Cheers Peter in Kenya