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I have a big twin springer front fender with one wide brace and one narrow one. I seem to recall seeing an old photo years ago on this site showing a knucklehead, and the guy who posted it was wondering what year the bike might be. I responded that I thought it might be early to mid '46 because the pic showed the fender with the above-mentioned brace configuration. Is this correct, or some kind of urban legend? I see nothing in Palmer's books about this anomaly.
My 2nd query has to do with tail lamps for 1968. The bodies for these assemblies are stamped either -55 or -68. I wrote on this site some time ago about which lamp body and which lamp lens was correct for this year. I was told (maybe incorrectly) that the vendor for these assemblies was the Fisher Body division of General Motors, and that they endured a short strike in 1968. This cause the motor company to experience a shortage of these assemblies. As a result, they issued a notice to their dealers to return and and all parts they had in inventory to alleviate this shortage. As a result, it would seem to be possible that new bikes for this year could come with any one of 4 combinations of body and lens assemblies. They could be -55 with a flat lens, -68 with a flat lens, -55 with a raised lens, or -68 with a raised lens. This is all obviously conjecture, and I have no documentation to verify either the story about the strike or any communcation literature from H-D. Any comments or clarification regarding either of these questions?
My 2nd query has to do with tail lamps for 1968. The bodies for these assemblies are stamped either -55 or -68. I wrote on this site some time ago about which lamp body and which lamp lens was correct for this year. I was told (maybe incorrectly) that the vendor for these assemblies was the Fisher Body division of General Motors, and that they endured a short strike in 1968. This cause the motor company to experience a shortage of these assemblies. As a result, they issued a notice to their dealers to return and and all parts they had in inventory to alleviate this shortage. As a result, it would seem to be possible that new bikes for this year could come with any one of 4 combinations of body and lens assemblies. They could be -55 with a flat lens, -68 with a flat lens, -55 with a raised lens, or -68 with a raised lens. This is all obviously conjecture, and I have no documentation to verify either the story about the strike or any communcation literature from H-D. Any comments or clarification regarding either of these questions?
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