LOT 694

Offered from the Collection of the Late Peter McManus c.1949 BSA 249cc C10 Registration no. ONU 443 (see text) Frame no. ZC10 10471 (see text) Engine no. ZC10 4401

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Lot 694

Offered from the Collection of the Late Peter McManus, c.1949 BSA 249cc C10
Registration no. ONU 443 (see text) Frame no. ZC10 10471 (see text) Engine no. ZC10 4401

The Winter Sale - including The National Motorcycle Museum Reserve Collection - Bicester Heritage|12 December 2020, 10:00 GMT|Bicester, Bicester Heritage

Offered from the Collection of the Late Peter McManus
c.1949 BSA 249cc C10
Registration no. ONU 443 (see text)
Frame no. ZC10 10471 (see text)
Engine no. ZC10 4401

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. 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. An older restoration (mechanical condition unknown), this C10 comes with a V5C and HPI report listing frame 'LC1010471' and engine 'LC10-4401'. Prospective purchasers should satisfy themselves with regard to the correctness of the numbers and their correlation to the V5C document prior to bidding. Sold strictly as viewed.

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