Penton Steel Tanker Identification

[flattracker23]

The chain guard is not 11" or 20". It is 17"

Spencer Gaydon
Lubbock, TX

[Paul Danik]

Spencer,

   Yours is the shorter of the steel chain guards.  The 11" one would be the later aluminum one. The longer steel one would extend back almost to the end of your rear sprocket.

   The longer 20 inch steel one was on the earliest machines, then the shorter steel one at 17 inchs, then came the aluminum one, 11 inchs.

 

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I would like to restore the Penton (or have somebody restore it for me) but it might be to hard to find all the parts I would need. The Penton Steel Tanker is one of my favorite motorcycles of all times. Several years ago I found a Steel Tanker rolling chassis but never could find any of the other parts to build it. I ended up selling it. There is a lot more here on this one but it is still missing parts and some parts will need to be replaced. I will see what I can come up with and go from there.

From what I can see you have most of the hard to find items on the bike, you don't want it to be toooo easy

Paul

[BobJones]

This is vin#1056 on the continuing debate of what happened between '68 & '69.  I bought this from the original owner.  He said the only thing he ever changed on it was the front fender.  Dave Rozier of "Hodaka Dave" helped in the restoration.  The neat thing about this was that the original owner had the lights & the speedometer in a box. I like the way it turned out!


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Bob Jones
Show-me state
(2)74 Harescramblers,72 Jackpiner,68/69 6-Day,73 Harescrambler.

[Paul Danik]

Bob,

   Very nice ....You should be very proud. Lots of early Penton goodies on it....

    When you took the tank off, was there a rubber mount still bolted to the under side of the bracket located behind the coil?  If so it was left on when they removed the original air box.

   I love the pickle silencer, that is a true Penton item.  The tank is one of the early ones with all the extra metal on the front flange. They later shortened the flanges to allow the tank to be easily removed with the seat still attached.  I never noticed that till one day when I had a number of tanks sitting on the carpet side by side as I was giving them a cleaning and a coat of wax.

Thanks for posting the pics.  

Paul

[BobJones]

I don't remember if it was there or not.My 1st Penton was a 72 Six-day back in the day. I didn't have a whole lot of experience with steel tankers until I ran across this one. The cobbiness of them is what makes them so attractive. You can see how they were an important transition bike to the new stuff especially if you look at what came before.I had this in my showroom for a couple of months & it started quite a few conversations & bench racing stories.

Bob Jones
Show-me state
(2)74 Harescramblers,72 Jackpiner,68/69 6-Day,73 Harescrambler.