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I've been assembling bits for a Model G project* for some while now.
I seem to be acquiring more than 1 of them even
Maybe time to start a thread..

*350cc ohv single, just prewar, or late 1940s
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So a/another rusty old Enfield frame has weazled its way into my shed.
Thought I'd have a go at derusting it, before any blasting.
Doused it with phosphoric acid, and left it outside to 'cure'.
Where it rained most of the night, wasn't expecting that.

This morning it was snow white = iron phosphate. !!!
(just brushes off ...)



Prewar have girder forks, postwar have tele forks.
And a host of changes to go with these.

So a Model G has come in various guises over the years.

Prewar sloper - 1935


Std Model G 1936 - pressed steel girders and generator/points
https://cybermotorcycle.com/gallery/royal-enfield-1936/images/Royal-Enfield-1936-346cc-G.jpg

Deluxe G2 1936 - tubular steel girders and magdyno + chromed tank
This J2 (500cc) looks identical - unless you count the fins (or measure the bore !)
https://cybermotorcycle.com/gallery/royal-enfield-1937/images/Royal-Enfield-1937-499cc-Model-J.jpg

Postwar - tele forks, sprung front guard.


Post postwar Model G Deluxe - note the recycled name
And spring frame


And the 1955 version, in Olive Green
https://cybermotorcycle.com/gallery/royal-enfield-1955/images/Royal-Enfield-1955-Model-G-1.jpg

Back to reality.
I don't have the sloper engine, nor the sprung frame version.
So we are limited to what is available ...

Or perhaps I should be building a steampunk fantasy. (same engine, more-or-less)
And asking megabucks !
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/XAkAAOSwxM9i7bVd/s-l1600.jpg

More shortly.

Seems some links are blocked from linking

1936 Model G - std with pressed steel girders


1937 Model G Deluxe - with tubular steel girders and magdyno and chromed tank.
(this is a Model J - but identical in looks to the G. Count the fins...)

After brushing off lotsa white stuff, and sloshing on more phos acid, it now now looks more frame-like.
With some black original enamel showing.
At this rate, it will be an original paint frame fairly shortly ?



And while casting about o see what such a beastie may be worth when done, came across this.
Hmmm, at that rate mine will be worth a squillion !!
https://i.postimg.cc/7YxVn8v2/RE-Yamahondazuki.jpg
If you haven't spotted it, there is not a lot of Enfield content there.
The lower frame rails - maybe ? And the back wheel ?

What makes these viable projects these days is the availability of tanks and wheels etc - from India.
At exceedingly affordable prices. <$400 for a pair of wheels, or a chrome tank, delivered to your door...
Shop around ....

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/ptgAAOSwP95jtqHV/s-l1600.jpg

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/oLIAAOSw1MNeBiMN/s-l500.jpg

And Hitchcocks can supply all this, AND all the myriads of smaller bits.
Inc everything to bolt it together and fasten it down. Utterly invaluable !

I've been thinking about this project, and collecting parts for some wee while now.  Time for some action !
Something to bear in mind though is that the market for these old Enfields is not really flush with funds,
so this perforce has to be a bit of a budget resto - price no object does NOT apply !!
You can still buy a NEW Bullet for not a vast outlay of funds, so these old bangers need to be priced suitably ?

This project started with a spare engine sitting under the bench.Spare top end on it, hence the grey & rusty look.
Tappet cover is wrapped in heavy tape, to allow sandblasting.


A frame & bits came to me as a bonus with another Enfield project.
Tank, headlamp and engine plates are borrowed.
Maroon colour is (considerably) red enhanced by silver negative film.
https://i.postimg.cc/xTGR8FYJ/Royal-Enfield-arrival.jpg
Maroon colour was a Marble Arch Motor Supplies (London)  speciality for (ex-military) bikes
converted to civvy street. I had to track this story down, anecdotally ...
A rectangular badge had been on the back guard, but this was long gone ?  by the time it was in my hands.


Evidence that this was indeed an ex-army frame was behind a seat bracket.
Flat khaki green - the only remaining trace ?
https://i.postimg.cc/sxh3Krnc/Military-paint-remnant.jpg

Gearbox, now with a military look ?  Different source.
Paint looks dabbed on ?
https://i.postimg.cc/GpHJXgC2/Gearbox-prewar.jpg

Anyone see where this is going
https://i.postimg.cc/rmz4VDmw/Wheels-ahoy.jpg

More shortly

I would envisage that it will look something like this.



(This is, technically, a Model CO - but the G would be exceedingly similar ?)
Mine is - obviously - an amalgam of bits. A purebred bitza ?

And something like this, in colour.
Without the green tank panels, or the black bits.
Or that strange rack on the back.
This is also a sidevalve (ex-military), but never mind.
Maroon coloured restos pics are a bit thin on the ground.

https://i.postimg.cc/TYs1fTdh/ff911535d3b4c85cbab488e5baf8bfbc.png

Someone has suggested that a bobber may be the go.
https://i.postimg.cc/PJZqG2G8/Model-G-Bobber.jpg
With thanks to the owner who's pic I purloined...

As attractive and well done as that may be (?), and well braked, I've seen that they are hard to sell
- esp in view of the usual pile'o'cash being asked.
And besides, I already have a bobber - if of the Norton kind.

Someone has also steered me in the direction that there is an anomaly in the Parts List,
with the frame. Which is depicted thusly.



The difficulty is that casting under the seat area, with the 2 through bolts to bolt it all up.
That is the prewar and WW2 era style of frame. The postwar versions were more open in that area
(view my earlier frame pics) and there is a large bracket that goes in there, to stiffen the whole plot up.
This bracket is on Hitchcocks online parts lists - not sure if it appears in print ?
It has lugs to also hold the battery carrier and the voltage regulator.

https://accessories.hitchcocksmotor...motorcycles.com%2Fpartsbook-pages%2F1046

The frame illustration in the G Parts Books seems to have never been updated.