1957 BSA 247 cc. Registration number PPY 562. Frame number D...

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£1,050

1957 BSA 247 cc. Registration number PPY 562. Frame number DC1O 3001. Engine number BC10L 10037.
BSA's 'C' range of lightweight machines was introduced in 1938. Similar in many ways to those of the larger 'B' range, whose wheels and brakes were employed, the cycle parts consisted of a simple diamond frame and girder front fork. First model was the C10 sidevalve single with coil ignition and three-speed hand-change gearbox. A de luxe C10 with foot-change gearbox joined the range in 1939, as did the overhead-valve C11. When the C10 reappeared after the war, its oil was no longer contained in a fuel tank compartment but in a separate tank bolted to the saddle tube. The girder fork was replaced by a telescopic unit in mid-1946 and part way through 1949 an alloy cylinder head was adopted. The model ran on as the updated C10L, with alternator electrics, plunger rear suspension and four-speed gearbox, until 1957.
PPY (a North Yorkshire number plate) was first registered on the 25th May 1957 and by 1985 it was with Dean Prince of Hull; he used it to travel to work until it was laid up with electrical issues. Our vendor bought it in March 2005 with the intention of rectifying these problems and began the work, sadly ill health prevented this from happening. It has been dry garage stored for many years and we believe it has all of the components, less a new loom to put it back together again.
Sold with the V5C and SORN documents, this late C10L will make an interesting project for the next owner.