Shed Find Tracy Fiber Glass

[m143]

Checked out a shed full of old bikes for sale.
I spotted this body and had to have it.
Owner said it would fit British bikes, we'll see.
Thing is in great shape, I'm leaving the dirt and debris for a while.

[motogrady]

Look underneath.

Tracy bodies most had a tag or mark under
the last coat of fiberglass resin.
Sometimes denoting the bike it was made for.

Cool piece for sure.  

[motogrady]

A guy would almost have to buy a bike that that was made for, just to install and look at it.  

Hell of a find Walt👏🏻

[m143]

The bottom offers no clues.
Look maybe repainted?
Maybe wall art.

[motogrady]

I thought we had a Tracy thread here.
I looked but no.

There is a guy out there that was part of it.
I forget his place or site.

But I did run across this.  

https://www.returnofthecaferacers.com/lifestyle-motorcycle-cafe-racer/tracy-fiberglass/

[motogrady]

Look at the Norton in the ad.

[Fatfatboy]

Very cool find. It would be cool to find a bike that it fits and for it to be back on the road. Great piece of history.

It sure does look like the one in the Norton ad. Another great find.

[m143]

I'm hoping it fits my TR6R Triumph.
It doesn't have a tail light though.

[m143]

I cleaned a little and it appears painted black, with some gold metalflake gelcoat taped off.
It shows some pink and blue metal flake under the repaint also.
I wonder what it originally looked like.

[m143]

Even the seat's cool.

[Fatfatboy]

That is just so cool. You could put that on just about any turd bike and it instantly would be the coolest bike in town.

[motogrady]

Hey Walt if you read the article it says something about they put a business card or model note under the tank and sometimes inside the tank, visible by looking in the fill neck.

Thinking about it that fiberglass is like, what, 50 years old maybe. It might be too old or brittle to actually use.

But then again, weren’t the older Corvette cars fiberglass?

[oldironnow]

I remember Tracy Bodies ads in CW.
The one for the SR500 always caught my eye.

http://zzchop.blogspot.com/2016/07/thursday-tracy-bodies.html?m=1


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[m143]

Inside is coated with kreme that has failed and flaking off.
Underneath has signs of repair that might have covered the logo.
I want to see how it fits on my Triumph, might be fun.
Thanks for the input guys.
I love this place!

[hacksaw]

It looks to me to be OIF . it may fit 71-72 BSA 71-? Triumph
I am going by dual petcock which suggest Brit bike , and the round hole which may be access to the oil filler .
The one other thing , these other pictures of catalogue bikes
Don’t show cut outs for the shocks that m143
Body has .

[hacksaw]

motogrady wrote

Look at the Norton in the ad.

Doubtful

[m143]

hacksaw wrote

It looks to me to be OIF . it may fit 71-72 BSA 71-? Triumph
I am going by dual petcock which suggest Brit bike , and the round hole which may be access to the oil filler .
The one other thing , these other pictures of catalogue bikes
Don’t show cut outs for the shocks that m143
Body has .

Good points.
I saw a similar body on a HD the rear shocks fit in cut outs.
It could be a Flat Track frame (Champion).
I hope to try a test fit on my Triumphs soon.
Thanks for the input.

[m143]

Brit Jam was yesterday.
Weather was sketchy, but still had a great time.
Ran into the Hacksaw, shot the shit a bit.
I brought the Tracy body to the swapmeet.
A guy bought it within minutes of me getting there.
I must be maturing, letting things go is not my nature.

[hacksaw]

Yep. They bought out my vintage paint gas tank and my trident sissy bars quick . My chopper stuff went . I still got a few . Next meet I raise the price!

Always good to see you and yours! Keep coming!
Many old friends don’t come anymore for a variety of reasons. I still see a few .
And that’s a big reason I attend.
I am hoping to make it to rice o Rama this year .
Travel softball is over now got  my family and even as my youngest now plays for AIC in Springfield , she is recovering from surgery so even if they schedule a game that day she won’t be playing .
If I can get wheels on the triumph I may drag it up there.
And not buy anything else!

Here is to old friends and motorcycles

[m143]

Here, here.

Rice O Rama is on our list.

Putting a For Sale sign on My Old Lady's Kawaka (I think). We are going tonight to look at a Bonneville SE that she wants.