250 petrol tank fixings

John Jarrett · Post by **John Jarrett** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 6:44 pm

In short the answer is yes.
There is such a tank on e-bay at the moment.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/230776855415? ... 1423.l2649

borrowashboy · Post by **borrowashboy** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 8:38 pm

funnily enough, i saved that in my add to watch list i thought it might fit, but didn't know if it was ajs or not. even the seller didn't. thanks anyway john.
cheers, bb.

SideValve · Post by **SideValve** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 8:43 pm

looks a dead ringer for an early model 14. Id ask for a photo of the underneath

borrowashboy · Post by **borrowashboy** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 1:00 am

that's probably a good idea
cheers, bb.

Ian5913 · Post by **Ian5913** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 10:00 am

There was a smaller tank, not seen many and never fitted & I believed it to be for the competition models rather than the early models but I could be wrong on this. Ian

Some frame shots would be good...

Ian5913 · Post by **Ian5913** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 10:05 am

Like this 1966 one

http://www.motorbase.com/picture/by-id/1231945741

Ian

Ian5913 · Post by **Ian5913** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 10:06 am

Does the frame number not give a clue to what it started out as. If the fixings are different it must have started life like this.
Frame history should then reveal all?

Ian

borrowashboy · Post by **borrowashboy** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 2:44 pm

hi ian, i used the dating service for the frame and it came back as 1959 ajs model 14. the top frame tube hasn't got a large hole right through and it's definately not a home made job. if you have a look back through my photo's you might be able to see it on there. i think the photo's were 'before' and 'after', or something like that.
cheers, bb.

borrowashboy · Post by **borrowashboy** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 2:49 pm

it's on page 4 of classic road machines photo's. model 14 frame before and model 14 frame now. you can see it clearly in both phot's.
cheers, bb.

Ian5913 · Post by **Ian5913** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 7:15 pm

I saw the pictures, can you confirm below the bolt position on the frame their is not a matching hole raised bit. IE you could not remove the bolt and pass a bolt right through the frame. The position looks to be correct

Ian