Re: 1950s Big Twin (Lark) electric start

[frankr]

Well, the hood is a badly mistreated ’57 Lark. The electric starter and bracket are from a newer motor. Starter bracket does not have the support for the silencer (which is missing), nor does it have a hood mount. Hard to tell about the external cable. Something is wrong there. But I can tell you that ’57 cable is different than ’58-up, due to the addition of kill wires in ’58. ’58-up has more pins in the plug for that reason. A ’58-up cable will plug into a ’57 motor, but you can’t plug a ’57 cable into a ’58-up motor.

Bottom line is that motor has had parts substitutions over the years. I suppose you can make it whatever you want it to be.