![AJS Model 38/26 Silver Streak 1938 350cc 1 cyl ohv]( "AJS Model 38/26 Silver Streak 1938 350cc 1 cyl ohv")
Manufacturer: AJS
Model: 38/26 Silver Streak
Year: 1938
Displacement: 350 cc
Cylinder: 1
Engine type: 4-stroke / ohv
Bore / Stroke:
69
x
93 mm
Frame number: 9502
Engine number: 38/26SS 6994A
Following the 1931 take-over of AJS by rivals Matchless, production was relocated from Wolverhampton to the latter's Woolwich factory. Inevitably, AJS's identity as a separate marque steadily eroded from then onwards as the machines became more like their Matchless counterparts. The Model 26 was one of two new overhead-valve machines introduced for 1935 (the other being the 245cc Model 22) featuring a vertical cylinder, twin-port cylinder head and forward-mounted magneto. Enclosure of the valve gear had arrived by 1936 and a single-port head - standard on the competition version - became available later. New for 1938 was the Silver Streak sports version, which featured a specially tuned engine and copious amounts of chromium plating.
This fast and rare AJS Silver Streak is equipped with Lucas lighting set, Amal carburetor and Lucas Magneto. It has been restored recently and runs perfect.