1939 Matchless Model X 1000 V Twin Classic, Watch The Video. For Sale

WE CAN EASILY ARRANGE THE DELIVERY OF THIS RARE 1939
MATCHLESS 982cc MODEL X TO ANY UK OR WORLDWIDE
DESTINATION.
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YOUTUBE VIDEO:
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Click on the first picture and then click ' Video Link ' logo button.
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1939 Matchless 982cc Model X
Restored a number of years ago in the late 90's by the last owner of
49 years, the Matchless has always been started frequently and used
for various classic bike meets / and rallies.

Registration no. FEL 400
Frame no. 1 0 2 3
Engine no. 3 9 X 5 5 0 9
Charismatic 1930s v-twin
Price: Twenty Six Thousand Nine Hundred And Eighty Nine Pounds

Documents: etc
Original Green Card Logbook
Latest DVLA V5c Logbook
Tax Disc: Dec 1939
Two old Photos
Vehicles ( Excise ) licensing receipt
NO. OF FORMER KEEPERS 1 ( Yes just 1 : ) = 2 keepers in total
Registration number transferable ( I do hope it stays with the bike )

Make: MATCHLESS
Model: MODEL X
Cylinder capacity 982 CC
Taxation class: HISTORIC VEHICLE
Date of first registration: 24. 03. 1939
Date of first registration in the UK: 24. 03. 1939
Vin/ Chassis. Frame No: 1 0 2 3
Engine number: 3 9 X 5 5 0 9
We also have the old Green card logbook + latest / Look at pictures
Colour: BLACK

Please Note: The original front and rear mudguards are accompanied
with the Matchless for the new owner.

Same keeper for the last 49 years

Part exchange welcome

Unlike the vast majority of Britain's motorcycle manufacturers, which were located in the Birmingham and Coventry areas, Matchless were based in Plumstead, South London. The name 'Matchless' first appeared in the 1890s on cycles manufactured by H H Collier, whose sons Charlie and Harry would later join him in the business. The firm's first - experimental - motorcycle appeared in 1899 and its first production model in 1902.

These early Matchless motorcycles were JAP powered but in 1912 the firm introduced a 500cc single of its own design. Nevertheless, within a short time it had gone, along with all the other singles, and for the next several years Matchless built only v-twins. Matchless had offered v-twin sidecar tugs from its earliest days, and by 1913 there were no fewer than six different models on offer ranging from 3½hp to 8hp in nominal rating. These included 8hp models, one of which was fitted with a Matchless engine (the 7B) and the other a proprietary MAG. The latter was typed '8B' and later would form the basis for the legendary Model H motorcycle combination.

Production of these MAG-engined models resumed after The Great War and continued into the 1920s despite the presence of a more modern Matchless-engined rival in the range. Designated 'X/ 2' on its launch in 1925, this 982cc sidevalve v-twin would remain in production until the outbreak of WW2, its engine being supplied to Brough Superior for use in the SS80 from 1935 onwards. While lesser models came and went, the stately Model X remained a fixture of the range, progressively updated, until 1940. The most significant upgrades along the way were introduced for 1937 when the Model X adopted a shorter frame, restyled fuel tank, and front-mounted magneto.

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