A workshop for BSA anywhere in the world did have number?
I am looking for number B199 and that was written on the toolbox or mudguard.
Where was it?

Thanks,Richard.

email (option): bsa-m20@libero.it

richard i have sent a few years looking for these workshop numbers i have spent a few days in the archives in Kew with no luck what i have found out so far is that some were REME workshops and some were civilian garages who were contracted to do the overhauls the REME museum have some workshop number but i think most of the maybe only REME workshop numbers and mainly from the BAOR some data plate say Ministry of supply wv3 which i have been lead to believe is from vehicles overhauled in the uk another data plate say Vehicle repair data plate which was for vehicles overhalled/repaired/rebuilt abroad

email (option): roger.beck@node6.com

Thanks for your replay Roger.
Once I had a question about a plate that was fit on the valve cover.
There was a guy(Steve was his name I think))who knows everything about those REME. He told me a nice story about those workshop. The plate I have was from a workshop in Germany.
It was an interesting story and I safed it on my computer, but the harddisk crashed a few years ago and I don't have that story anymore .


Richard

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richard talking about engine data plate that goes onto the engine tappet cover saying it was overhauled by 12 heavy workshop REME 12 heavy workshop was in Hanover Germany 1946 to 1951 they used part of the Hanomag factory who made halftracks during the war they must have only used part of the factory as i found out Hanomag were making tractors there in 1950 my M20 has a 12 heavy workshop REME data plate saying the engine was over hauled in 1958 which according to the information i have at the moment had closed down/gone from the hanomag factory in 1951 i am looking into whether it moved to another location or just completely shut down i brought a blank 12 heavy workshop engine data plate from Conicopia last year hope this helps

email (option): roger.beck@node6.com

Hi,here's a page from Hansard regarding motorcycles,i will try to dig deeper
http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1953/feb/03/reme-workshops#column_1809
cheers rick

email (option): richardholt@rocketmail.com

Thanks Rick,
interesting story:

The next point raised by the hon. Gentleman was that of idle time at the R.E.M.E. workshops at Ashford, which specialise particularly in the repair and handling of "B" class vehicles. These are soft vehicles—not tanks or fighting vehicles.

I picked up something about the story and this is what I like to know.
I have number B199 and that must the 199th that is restaured voor the army at Ashford.

Thanks Richard

email (option): bsa-m20@libero.it

This is the reply I received from an ex REME mechanic. Ron

Hi Ron,
The number B199 relates to an Army Auxiliary Workshop. These were contractors to the Ministry of Supply and quite often garages, engineering shops or manufacturers service depots. Many years ago I had asked Brian Baxter at REME Museum, Arborfield, if there was a list. He did not know of one at the time. A few have been identified, one being Henlys garage at Weston Super Mare, which overhauled Austin Champs. My M20 has B180, 3-3-1944 on it.

email (option): ronpier@talk21.com

hi,it seems these workshops were controlled by the Ministry of supply and designated Army auxilliary workshops,heres a post from someone trying also to find out more
http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/archive/index.php/t-27503.html
there is also a post on here from Jan back in 2011 ,search army auxilliary workshops.
i will keep trying
cheers rick

email (option): richardholt@rocketmail.com

I thought that the number was an indication how maney where past at the workshop, but if the number is an workshop, how maney where there.
I allready found a B407 !!!



Richard

email (option): bsa-m20@libero.it

Richard,

It's a shame I don't have the YE series Key Cards, otherwise i would have some more info on your bike!

Cheers,

Lex

email (option): welbike@welbike.net

Hi,heres a bit more info on the Army Auxilliary Workshops,no numbers yet but
hopeful.
http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/30th-april-1943/26/largest-civilian-operk-vehicle-repair-system
cheers rick

email (option): richardholt@rocketmail.com

Hi all,

This is postwar, but can anyone tell me anything about it?..



Thanks,
Noam.

email (option): noam10@gmail.com

Hi Noam...I have 2 sets of crankcases with those plates fitted..don't know anything about them though.. ..(other than the obvious)...Ian

email (option): ian@wright52.plus.com

I think that the cylinder size is the tolerance zero milimeter and that must be 82mm and the workshop must be somewhere in Europa or somewhere they use milimeter.

email (option): bsa-m20@libero.it

Hi Richard...In typical British fashion the bore size was expressed in mm..so a standard bore is 82mm for the M20. However, oversizes were sometimes expressed in 'thous' and sometimes in 'mm'...So a marking of bore size in mm may well have originated in the UK and not necessarily overseas..Ian

email (option): ian@wright52.plus.com

I'd guess that if it's from the UK, 'SOU' might represent 'Southern' (Command Workshops ?) but if it's in the Middle East then probably 'Souk'

Thanks !

Noam.

email (option): noam10@gmail.com

Have found another workshop number, albeit 1946, the JLO works in Hamburg, previously mentioned somewhere on the forum:



Number 11 Auxilery Workshop R.E.M.E.

And still not found what I was really looking for in the old mags!!

Cheers,

Lex

email (option): welbike(at)welbike.net