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  • Early Harley Motor Sighting!

    A friend called me last evening with news of an "early" Harley-Davidson engine belonging to a collector friend of his.

    Actually 2 engines, both singles....

    One has a 3xxxB serial number which would place it in the 1912 production year. The owner already thought that and I agree.

    However, he claims the serial number on the other engine is really low, as in A1XX.

    I don't think that 1905 or 1906 Harley engines were serial numbered (could be wrong about 1906). By my reackoning a three digit number (but without a letter) would place it in 1907, and the owner thought it was really early and thinking like 1906 or 1907.

    Since this was second hand info with no photo, I asked him to go back to the owner and ask the following questions:

    1) Does it actually say Harley-Davidson on the crankcase?

    2) Does the horizontal cylinder finning extend all the way to the top (<1910) or are there top vertical fins (>1911)?

    3) Does the letter "A" appear at the beginning of the number or is it possibly at the end? (Don't know what to make of that letter "A" at the beginning; at end would make it 1911 even with that low number).

    4) Get a photo!

    Have I forgotten anything? I'm hoping to hear more and better yet to see a photo of this engine. If it turns out to be a pre-1911 Harley motor that would make it an important find. If it turns out to be pre-1908 it would be outstanding!

  • #2
    Ya, you forgot to ask how much for both motors!

    Louie

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    • #3
      I knew that I forgot something!

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