Looking to restore a 71 Shovel
How do I know if my super glide is a boatail, boat tail, (do not know which is correct)can you tell by the VIN?
Years Made?
Colors?
Does anyone have a rear fender seat set up??

 

Without Your Vin, and a Picture...Can't tell anything.....Mine is a 71 FX frame and chassis, but no Boat tail in sight.

 

But I believe they can be either or...The full fenders are usually denoting a FLH model, and the boat tail is usually a FX? I not 100% on that. Your Vin will tell you what the frame started life as. The owner can turn it into any kind of mix and match he sees fit.....

 

Good luck finding that at a Tolerable price..
I did Not know you could get a non Boat tail FX in '71... certainly in '72 both were available..

The one in yer Sig????
Not much FX to that one!!

The VIN prolly won't tell ya anything more than 1971 Superglide. 2C & H1

 

Yup, 2CH1 at least the bones are real.....

 

and the Brake drum Assemb....

 

I do know that Victor could have started out as anything, I did a full Title search on him and it said it was originally titled as an FX....not that means a hill of Beans. But I'm stickin to it.

 

I believe the “2C” vin start is the indication with a “1” at the end. All 71’s were boattails. 72 was a mixture...remaining boattails and sportster fenders. I have a 71 seat i’d Sell but it’s a little rough...needs a total resto. I paid $125, i’ll Take $90 + shipping. The boattails are readily available on eBay or at most swap meets. Not cheap. Do NOT forget, there is also a sub fender you need. That is actually harder to find but do appear on eBay every so often. I think one can be fabled from the sportster fender. Boattail is iconic. Only way to go in my opinion...

 

I have done a ton of research on this when restoring mine. I can help if you need. Email me at go1803cc@gmail.com. Brad.

 

...the seats and subfenders are the hardest to find. Also, do not get confused between an FX Boattail and an XL Boattail. They are NOT interchangeable.