And you would win the bet....

 

Please tell me your joking.
There is nothing in that picture that resembles a Fatboy except for the fact it is a softail.

 

I wasn't joking. I just didn't know what I was talking about. Please forgive my ignorance.

 

Of course there isn't. But all it takes to screw up the two models at the dealership is one letter on paper, whether someone at the dealership wrote down the wrong thing, or the customer misread it.

 

I thought the Fat Bob had the Bobbed tail fender because..........

I was in the thinking that...early on they put a sportster front end on the Electra Glide...called it the Super Glide...I thought... it was '80 or '81 they used the fat tank and bobbed tail fender...called it a Fat Bob...later on used the stripped down Electra Glide (wider set) front end with the sportster tire...called it the Wide Glide...somewhere down the line it got a belt and some rubber mounts (when they coined the Dyna term) and was called the Dyna Wide Glide. Now, they terminated the Wide Glide.

 

As far as I can ascertain, this information on wikipedia is accurate:

Variations of the FX Super Glide

Customized Shovelhead FX variant

In 1974, the FX was joined by the FXE, a version of the Super Glide with an electric starter. Both versions also got an exclusive one-piece tank instead of the Fat Bob tank used by the FL.[3]

In 1977, the FXS Low Rider was introduced. The Low Rider had alloy wheels front and rear, two disc brakes on the front wheel, extended forks with a 32° rake, and a 26" seat height. [5] Unlike the Super Glide, the Low Rider was an instant hit; outselling all other Harley-Davidson models in its first full year of production.[6] All three FX models returned to using Fat Bob tanks, but with a special centre divider that included a tachometer.[3]

The base, kickstart-only FX was discontinued in 1979. In that year, the FXEF Fat Bob was introduced.[7]. The following year would bring the FXB Sturgis, an all-black Low Rider with primary and secondary belt drives, and the FXWG Wide Glide, a Low Rider with wide forks and a flame pattern painted on the tank.[7]

In 1983, the Low Rider was converted from chain drive to belt drive and given the designation FXSB, at which point the FXB was discontinued. In the same year, the FXDG Disc Glide was introduced. This model had a disc-type rear wheel instead of the wire-spoked wheel of the Super Glide or the solid-spoked wheel of the Low Rider.[7]

The FXE Super Glide was discontinued in 1985, with the FXEF Fat Bob becoming the base model.

In 1986, all FX-based bikes except the Wide Glide were supplanted by FXR-based bikes. The Wide Glide was discontinued the following year.

 

Interesting that the bobtail was unpopular from the start. From wikipedia:

1971 FX Super Glide

From 1934 to 1970, with the exception of the Servi-Car, there have been two distinct lines of V-Twin Harley-Davidson motorcycles, the small twins and the big twins.[2][3] However, individual bikers would sometimes customize bikes by changing parts around or cutting and rewelding frames and other components to suit their tastes.

Harley-Davidson styling director Willie G. Davidson was aware of this phenomenon and decided to design a motorcycle for production that would offer the look of the custom bikes. To accomplish this, he started with the frame and rear suspension (but not the electric starter) from the FLH Electra Glide, to which he then mated the smaller telescopic forks from the XLH Sportster. This combination was referred to as the FX chassis, to denote an FL frame with XL forks. The drivetrain and engine accessories were from the FLH, the front headlights and brakes were from the XLH. To complete the Super Glide, he added buckhorn handlebars and a "boattail" tail/fender unit similar to those being used on the XLH Sportster.

The production FX Super Glide was released in 1971 to a lukewarm reception. Particularly not well received was the "boattail", which also proved to be unpopular on the Sportsters that had it. Sales of both models improved when less radical rear styling was made available.

 

Wide Glide discontinued in 1987?? That doesn't sound accurate.

 

It returned.

Dyna

Design work began on the replacement for the FXR chassis shortly after the first FXR bikes were offered.[7] The Dyna chassis was introduced in 1991 with a limited-production FXDB Sturgis model. The engine mounting system was more vibration-resistant than that of the FXR.[8]

The Sturgis was followed in 1992 by the limited-edition FXDB Daytona which featured a bobtail fender unlike the normal rounded steel fender offered in 1992.[7] Also introduced in 1992 was the FXDC Dyna Glide Custom. Apart from the paint scheme, the Dyna Glide Custom was virtually identical to the Daytona. Dyna Customs were all painted black and silver, and the early models featured a silver powder coat on the frame. Later production units featured a black frame.[citation needed]

In 1993 the faired and bagged FXRT Sport Glide was discontinued and the FXRS Low Rider was displaced by the FXDL Dyna Low Rider, although the FXRS-Conv Convertible and the FXRS-SP Low Rider Sport continued to be offered. The FXDWG Dyna Wide Glide was introduced in the same year. The Low Rider Sport was discontinued in 1994.

Between the 1991 introduction of the Dyna chassis and the end of the 1994 model year, all Dyna models had a 32° rake. In 1995 the FXD Dyna Super Glide and the FXDS-Conv Dyna Glide Convertible were introduced. These Dynas had a 28° rake and replaced the FXR Super Glide and the FXRS-Conv Low Rider Convertible, which were the last FXR models in regular production.

The FXD Super Glide, and the FXDL Low Rider have been in production ever since. The FXDX Super Glide Sport was introduced in 1999, featuring improved suspension components and triple disc brakes. The FXDX-T Super Glide T-Sport, with a fork mounted fairing and improved detachable saddlebags, replaced the FXDS-Conv Dyna Convertible in 2001, and was discontinued in 2004.
2005 Dyna Super Glide Custom

The FXDC returned to the line in 2005 as the Super Glide Custom.

In 2006, a new Dyna chassis was introduced[11] along with a new six-speed transmission.[citation needed] In the same year, the base FXDI Super Glide became a single-seat motorcycle, the FXDBI Street Bob, a minimal, single seat Dyna Glide motorcycle was added to the lineup, the limited edition FXDI35 35th Anniversary Super Glide was offered, and the FXDX Super Glide Sport was discontinued.

In 2007, the Twin Cam 88 engine was replaced by the 1584cc Twin Cam 96 engine across the Harley-Davidson Big Twin lineup, including the FXD series. The 35th Anniversary Super Glide from 2006 became the 2007 Super Glide Custom.

The FXDF Fat Bob was introduced in 2008. In the same year, the FXDWG Wide Glide was offered as a limited edition 105th Anniversary model before being retired.

 

As I'm sure it will again. (I hope).