OH MY GOODNESS! BEAUTIFUL.

Nicest original shovel I've ever seen. The 5 gallons with the shifter gate are the ONLY ones I've ever seen. Wow!

I got a 1974 police special ordered with a handshift ,the detent was in the frame .I never seen a hand shift shovel with a gate on the tank ,as for as i know and I had several since the late 70s harley never made a tank shift like that (5 gallon tanks) since the late 50s or early 60s , and those where 3 1/2 gallons .

Are those 5 gallon tanks on that bike!?

What a treasure ⚡👍 Lucky man😎

Neetoo ⚙️🏍🖖🏼

That Is Badass!

The Shovel had a battery cover but one tab was broke and I didn’t want any aftermarket parts so I left it off

Wow pretty crazy most took a lot of time to do research like that. No chrome battery cover? Did the police bikes not come with that? I would love to have a tank shift on mine the closest I could come is a police style frame mount shifter on my Frankembike Paughco Duo Glide frame 48 pan bottom 66 shovel top.

One sweet ass ride,,, very clean.....

You recently had it for sale in Illinois, do you still have it and is it for sale?

Cool bike

Very very nice

Sold this bike last fall

How ever it came or whoever set it up did a great job I’ll buy this if it’s for sale. Get in touch

Is this for sale if so how much

Up until 1978 you could order hand shift, tankshift or police shifter. Most were police style because when ordered people weren't specific in they're want!! NICE BIKE

My first Harley was an old San Antonio Police 56 black and white FL. It was what I learned to ride a foot clutch on. After that I had two 1959 Harley's both FL as the first one was. In 1976 I bought a Bi Centennial police model. FLH. I had it converted to a hand shift and foot clutch. I had to wrangle up the small 3 gallon tanks. These were off a 1947 Harley. I had the Hog Haus here in SA do all the work. Had many bikes after those, but to this day when I stop, I still put my right foot on the ground.

I believe it is the only one. The 1976 is at great south HD and it has a frame mounted shifter

Did Harley tell you how many of these were made?

Nice bike. Not VIN number, just VIN. VIN stands for Vehicle Identification Number. No need to say vehicle identification number number.

very nice video ,thanks for sharing

Awesome bike, Thanks for sharing your piece of Harley history mate :)

Saw this on cycle trader ... Is this for sale?? VERY interested

Very nice modification to the machine,However no Electra Gide ever left the factory set up like that.

Interesting tanks. We talked yesterday.

Very nice!!!