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£2,000
1965 BSA Bantam D7 Super, 175cc. Registration number BJC 224C. Frame number D7 45777. Engine number FD7 9853 (see text).
Sold with the V5C, please note the V5C states the engine number to be FD7 4973.
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, the D7 in 1959.
The D7 Super engine remained largely unchanged and had the same three-speed gearbox, the new model had an entirely new swinging arm frame, uprated brakes and hydraulically damped forks, a nacelle-mounted headlamp, slimmed down mudguards and a sporty petrol tank; it was available in up-to-the-minute colours like Fuchsia Red and Sapphire Blue.
BJC was bought from these salerooms in January as a project and has now been fully stripped, repainted and rebuilt to a high level. It has appeared at local shows and our vendor is now looking for an older project to replace it.
Sold with the V5C, please note the V5C states the engine number to be FD7 4973.
Fees apply to the hammer price:
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