Topic: Help me ID a tracy body kit

[Tom]

I ran this in the Project Shop forum for over a month without a reply, and will try it here, as most times you see one of these its sitting on top a heavily modified engine, and you guys here may have some info . Thanks Tom

Last year i couldn't help myself and bought a Buy it now on evilbay, a Tracy body for a CB750, I have liked them always and wanted one for a while, and then this poped up for $99.00,











 I had it shipped over to Australia and took delivery of it last week, But its different from all the others i have seen, AS it has a longer twin seat, like a two piece tank and seat unit i have seen on the net,  It has a black and white buisness card laminated into the resin, Saying The Fiberglass Works Santa Cruz Ca.  So i am trying to find out some history and learn a time line on the goings on from the now gone Santa Cruz Calif. company The Fiberglass Works.
I think they made the first bodies for Triumph flat trackers like this









The Blue body is for a Triumph twin and it has the color fiberglass works card in the gas tank,
 I believe many of these bodys were sold with custom Paint jobs by Tracy Nielson, or painted by Tracy and friends.
And i believe the bodys were renamed to TRACY there seems to be two main types of bodies.
Like these, but i have come across some with other variations.
The first type with the Cobra type tapered seat with the bulges over the top of the rear shocks.









Then there is the more common type body with the Tracy logo and the parallel seat and the cut aways over the top of the rear shocks.









Here are some old ads for Tracy





And here is another type with what appears to be a bigger tank?



But i can not find another like the one i bought any clues? I also have a fiberglass one piece seat tank cover body that covers the original CB750 gas tank, does anybody have the time and knowledge to explain when and how this great body came about and was it before or after the iconic Triumph Hurricane from the early seventies by Craig Vetter, and other catalogue pics from the day, with the different types available. Thanks, Tom

[Sam Green Racing]

Tom, the last pic is a member on here, his name is Derek (Seaweb) in BC.

Sam.

[turboguzzi]

Gee man, forget sohc's, I need that Triumph tracker badly!!!! Gotta have it!

It's just soooooooooo Gary Glitter.....

[Sam Green Racing]

Yossef, it can be arranged to have you removed from this forum. tis nice though.

Sam.

[turboguzzi]

Yossef, it can be arranged to have you removed from this forum. tis nice though.

Sam.

Well sam, this is not the only british bike i like got a soft spot for Rob North Tridents too... guess that my last post here then...

TG

[painters cafe]

I had two tracy's. This is the one i like and it was hard time to find I did a bike like my dad had in 76

[MCRider]

"AS it has a longer twin seat, like a two piece tank and seat unit i have seen on the net," Perhaps you are referring to my avatar? regardless it is (was    ) a 2 piece Tracy body parts, with the dual seat, which was hinged on the stock mounts. It had a 3rd piece which bolted to the rear of the frame, staying put as the seat hinged open. It had a cavity for storage and a platform for the tail light and plate. It was the one and only I've ever seen, bot in Spring 1972. The bike was stolen in May 1972, never seen again.

I did not have the third piece and hung a lamp with my own bracket and you can see the reflection of the grass in the backside of the chrome plate the license plate mounted to.

[Tom]

Tom, the last pic is a member on here, his name is Derek (Seaweb) in BC.

Sam.

Thanks Sam, what a beauity. Yes i followed his build, he also has a 1968 Firebird in his shed like me and i look foward to that build too, Hows it comming on Derek?

Gee man, forget sohc's, I need that Triumph tracker badly!!!! Gotta have it!

It's just soooooooooo Gary Glitter.....

Yes TG Very different and Cool Those where the days of big heavy metal flake paint jobs.

I had two tracy's. This is the one i like and it was hard time to find I did a bike like my dad had in 76

Hay PC thanks for sharing your pics, you have done a great job on the bike you have built like your Dads the ultimate complement really.

"AS it has a longer twin seat, like a two piece tank and seat unit i have seen on the net," Perhaps you are referring to my avatar? regardless it is (was    ) a 2 piece Tracy body parts, with the dual seat, which was hinged on the stock mounts. It had a 3rd piece which bolted to the rear of the frame, staying put as the seat hinged open. It had a cavity for storage and a platform for the tail light and plate. It was the one and only I've ever seen, bot in Spring 1972. The bike was stolen in May 1972, never seen again.

I did not have the third piece and hung a lamp with my own bracket and you can see the reflection of the grass in the backside of the chrome plate the license plate mounted to.

Thanks for the story Ron, sorry to hear the bike got stolen, I know about that too my new 92 HD fatboy got ripped in 94 and i still see red. Gone but not forgotten.
Its interesting that your two piece Tracy was early 72, I suspect this was an early tracy and i have not seen another like it, I must say they seem to be comming out of the woodwork lately a few on epay now also a twin seat on ebay Regards Tom