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£850
1970 BSA Bantam, 175 cc. Registration number HGU 743J. Frame number ND06478 B175. Engine number GD7 8471.
The Bantam was based on the German DKW RT 125, a design that was received as war reparations, with the Bantam as a mirror image so the gear change was on the right side as with other British motorcycles of the period. Over the years the model evolved through the D1 of 1948 to the D3, D5, D7, D10, D14/4 and finally in 1969 the D175. Production ceased in 1971.
The Bantam's final incarnation - the D175 with much-revised engine - appeared in 1969. Although at first glance its power unit looked unchanged, the 175 boasted new crankcase and cylinder head castings, the latter with central spark plug, and a stiffer crankshaft assembly among many other more minor modifications. The preceding D14's cycle parts were carried over unchanged to the new 175, which was built in roadster and Bushman (trail) versions.
This matching numbers example was dispatched from the factory on the 21st October 1970 to Fordhams of London on tally number 7427 in red. Nothing is known of its early life until a Mr Jones acquired a dating certificate from the Bantam club in March 2017. He sold it to our vendor in August 2018 and it is now being sold due to a lack of space.
Sold with the V5C, MOT from 2017 (expired) and the dating certificate.
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20% inc VAT*
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