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Re: 1944 BSA WM20 project underway

Jan, the motor in the bike is WM20, 95045 with RW stamped below the serial number.

I have a spare motor, 100484

C9-ABC685-59-EF-477-A-9688-5487-C34-D2233

3439961-A-96-EC-437-B-B791-830-F36-FC3-ABB

Re: 1944 BSA WM20 project underway

The bike with (duplicated) frame number WM20.95045 would have had census number C5128445. It was built under contract number S/1048, a contract for 15.000 bikes (census numbers C5115218 - C5130217). Production of this contract started in June 1943, at 2.000 bikes per month. Which means that number WM20.95045 must have left the factory around December 1943 - January 1944. Here's a picture with a "close" number:

C5128473

The bike with (duplicated) frame number WM20.100484 would have had census number C5211184. It was built under contract number S/2603, a contract for 8.000 bikes (census numbers C5207518 - C5215517). Production of this contract started in March 1944, at 2.400 bikes per month. Which means that number WM20.100484 must have left the factory around May 1944. Here's a picture with a "close" number:

C5210781-tilburg-1944-3

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Re: 1944 BSA WM20 project underway

Thank you for the info Jan. I really like the period pictures.

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