Pieces

According to an expert, the frame is from a Monark 1929 350sv. 

As it happens I have a sutable engine (should have been a Blackburn), a JAP 350sv from 1929, featured in another post in this blog. I also have got a 1929-ish Albion 3 speed gearbox (should have been a Burman) that also fits the frame.

Featured in the picture is a Husqvarna 250 1929 oil tank. Got it cheap, did not know why, not before I started looking for an oil cap.  Had to buy a new replica oil cap and thar was not that cheap.

Rear wheel has now got a NOS Trelleborg Trial tire.

The seat is a rear seat from an unknown bike. But in wery good condition and from the same manufacturer that made seats for Monark, Husqvarna, Rex an other Swedish motorcycles at the time.

Slow but steady progress, not.

Take two

The hunt for parts for the Matchless girder fork has NOT been successful. Now I have found another lost cause instead.

Monark circa 1929 about 250 - 350cc. As rusty as the Douglas frame, if not worse.

There are some parts missing from the front forks (fastener for the handle bar) but nothing crucial that can not be replaced or made.

I did not get the correct petrol tank, that might be a problem. Now I am waiting for the Husqvarna oil tank I bought. Almost the same model as the ones used for the old Monarks. Hope it fits.