Here are some of mine
WB30 WC10 KM20 and 3 WM20s
Contract C11101 handbook and workshop manual
Standard handbook and workshop manual, after contract C12424, the manual has DU42 blackout fitted so is presumably before the end of the war?
Variations in BSA font, the 1939 spares list is the 1946 reprint, there was no attempt at updating the cover with the winged BSA logo so perhaps we are more concerned about it than they were?
Rob
email (option): robmiller11(a)yahoo.co.uk
Literature collecting, Ron...otherwise known as the 'Slippery slope' :grimacing:
You should have an 'Instructional Handbook, with Lubrication Chart' and a contract-specific Spare Parts List. It falls under the VAOS Section LV6.
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Yes it seems we have been hacked in some shape or form
attached are my earlier books - Rider Instruction and Parts lists which are a good source of information
over time I have gathered some duplicates - am always interested in swaps or trades
collecting period paperwork is also part of the "deal" for me in this pastime
Br
JO'B
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A damned shame that the half-wit hacker altered the thread title and removed John's interesting question...and you're absolutely right John, the literature is as valid a part of the hobby as any other,especially in these strange times...
We do need to get Keith Chandler up to speed on posting photos here :relaxed: Keith very kindly sent me copies of the 'Tools and Equipment to Scale' lists of a Norton contract...Steve too has been very good at posting and responding...but there must be lots more out there.
As per John, I probably have WD16H duplicates that I might consider parting with, but in my case, it would really need to be in exchange for other pre- or early-war Norton literature.
There is a lot of (sometimes not obvious) information in these publications..please post details of what you have.
These are some of my riders/drivers/instruction books for BSA models,below is one of the first ones for KM20 contract no A9764.
Below is a page from above book showing lubrication points.
Below on the right is book for KM20 contract no C3655.
Below is a page from KM20 book contract C3655,showing lubrication points but with an updated nomenclature chart glued on top of the lubrication
picture.
Below some others from my collection.
Below two others,the right hand grubby one has been amended from contract C11101 to contract C12424 as seen on its cover and lube chart.
Below four others,the bottom two both have the late war lighting switches shown as well as the earlier ones,so may date from late 44 to 1945.
Also got these WB30 books,both have different lube chart diagrams showing the differing lighting.
below lube chart from right hand book above,also shown is ink stamp on its rear cover.
below is the lube chart from first photo left hand book,contract 294/C/S/13872.
below original parts book for WB30,several contracts with very small numbers supplied.
Below also have these two 250cc books SV WC10 & OHV WC11 INDIA OFFICE.
BSA parts books,the 1940 edition with the blue cover is a civilian issue but has ink contract stamps on the cover and also inside.
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In the parts book below,there are some extra pages in the back of the book,two are glued in plus three loose of which one is Norton.
Keith Chandler asked me to post these. Ron
email (option): ronpier@talk21.com
SIX TASKS
The maker marked tasks books are pretty scares, I have a full digital copy of another example, contract C9310 is the only version I have seen, there may be some for other contracts, but it could also be a short period in history prior to the universal pamphlet with full tasks printed.
Here is a Morris version.
Rob
email (option): robmiller11(a)yahoo.co.uk
How about some Enfield stuff?
Jan has more, but I also have most of the Matchless stuff, and lot's of Big 4, Welbike, all of it, and some Velocette, and other weird stuff.
And also a lot of US wartime bike manuals and parts lists.
Lex
email (option): welbike@welb**e.net
Not an instruction book as such, but perhaps of interest to this thread.
Under ‘Slimy Descents’ it mentions to raise the exhaust valve lifter when descending. I’ve never heard of this before. What’s the purpose? Surely it will just kill the engine?
John
email (option): John.childs1@btopenworld.com
I only have one WD Riders Handbook..
Rather dear to me as it's the one once owned by my uncle, he has listed a few others in his unit on page 1.
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