Dynamo

The Dynamo was in good working condition, I disassemble it, did some wiring work inside and cleaned it.

Lucas Dynamo with frame plates

Some before and after pictures of the magneto and Dynamo:

Lucas Magneto out!

Lucas Magneto

 The magneto was in good shape, except for a small dent somebody did to fit an asian carburettor. Also I had to do some soldering to the spark plug cable.

Engine out!

Really Beautiful Matchless 350cc engine!

 I took the engine out of the frame and covered the exhaust and intake holes with a rag and masking tape.

 Inside this metal cover there's the magneto chain.

A lot of dirty grease inside!

Oil pipes without the oil tank

Frame, forks, handelbar and wheels left!

I had to use these screwdrivers to hold the frame in place, since the frame is made of 2 separate parts.

MAtchless G3/L frame

Somebody soldered a big piece of metal onto the frame, I wonder why?

More Disassembling Pictures!

Gearbox still attached to frame

Seat with a really ugly faux leather cover

Matchless logo Bagdes

 These Bagdes I sent them to re-chrome, I didn't want much chrome in the motorcycle as I want to give it a military look, but these bagdes are too beautiful to not be chromed.

Old but original rubber tank knee pads

The original knee pads were in really bad shape, I got some new reproductions, but the quality has no comparision.

Point Of No Return!

At this point I realized that it was gonna take more work than I thought. I started to disassemble the clutch and I had to learn a lot about how it worked, I mean, I had to learn as much possible about how a motorcycle works! This is my first and only bike.