450 Mark 3 Special

[PhilA]

I'd read about these in some of Mick Walker's books but only saw one just recently:

http://www.philaphoto.com/imageLibrary/ ... album=1444

Phil A

[graeme]

Hi Phil,
I had heard of this model but not seen one.
The tank looks like a later steel (yellow) tank with the more pointed front and weld seems. Unlike the Shotguns more rounded front and lack of seems of the glass tank.????
Graeme

[PhilA]

It was fibreglass.

Phil

[graeme]

Was this fibreglass tank copied from the steel tanks of the later Yellow bikes?
It looks like the same shape as the Yellow (and Blue/Gold M3) tanks?
Graeme

[PhilA]

I think it was the other way around as the 450 Special predates the '73/'74 models as far as I can make out.

[graeme]

As the great Ian G has said,,, "You have stumbled on another corollary of the eternal mystery"

Thanks for the pictures Phil, very interesting.

Regards
Graeme