AN AJS 497CC MODEL 18S CIRCA 1958 Registration number: SXV 523 Frame number: A61659 Engine number: 58/18S 131970

This Model 18 comes with an AJS & Matchless OC dating certificate and a letter showing that it left the factory on 28th February 1958 bound for Marriott's of Buckinghamshire; curiously, the V5C gives the date of first registration as 19th June 1956. Purchased from Lanivet Motors in Cornwall in 2012, the AJS was then comprehensively restored by Kickstart Classic Motorcycles of Frieston, Lincolnshire at a cost in excess of £13,000, with more than £7,000 being spent on parts alone (see invoice dated 17th November 2012 on file). Last serviced in February 2017, the machine comes with a current V5C document, MoT certificate (expired July 2013), sundry service invoices, and a CD of restoration photographs.