Description
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Located in the USA... desert west no salt on roads....
- New inventory and many more big pics on request please....
1937 BSA Scout series 4 Roadster
1937 BSA Scout 1055
Consignment
Price:$5, 500... USD dollars FIRM... the price can change if there work or services done to this car.
Plus Taxes & Licensing
YEAR: 1937
MAKE: BSA
MODEL: Scout
BODY STYLE: Convertible
TRANSMISSION: 4-speed manual
DRIVETRAIN: FWD
ENGINE: 1200cc
EXTERIOR COLOR: Green
INTERIOR COLOR: Green
SHIPMENT: In Stock
- A 1937 BSA Scout series 4 Roadster .
- Missing some bodywork but good looking drivetrain / chassis / interior.
- Recently out of long-term storage.... PNW car for last 50+ years.
From the BSA FWD club records
- First registered on the 11th Jan 1937.
- It was painted Black with Green upholstery which you can see in the rear body area...
- It was sold to E Pascall a dealer in the town of Guildford.
- The engine is the original one sold with the car.
- Previously owned by E E Leyland in British Columbia, Canada (1972).
- Later purchased by Brook Barnes and being offered for sale by the Barnes Estate.
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Specs and history
- details above
The BSA Scout is a small open two-seater front-wheel drive car, manufactured and sold by subsidiaries of The Birmingham Small Arms Company Limited, launched at the beginning of April 1935.
- On account of its front-wheel drive and low centre of gravity it was said to be remarkably stable taking corners in safety which would be impossible with a normal design.
- This new addition to the range of small open cars for young motorists was intended to further embellish BSA's reputation for sound design, robust construction and complete reliability.
Contents
1 Mechanicals
1. 1 Engine
1. 2 Transmission
1. 3 Chassis
2 Bodies
3 Price
4 Performance
5 Series 2 – Engine upgrade
6 Series 3 – variants of 2
7 Series 4 – August 1937
8 Series 5
9 Series 6 – October 1938
10 References
11 External links
Series 4 – August 1937
Shock absorbers were fitted all round. Front braking was now by brakes on the front wheels.
The price of the two-seater and the two-seater de luxe had been reduced to £149. 10. 0 and £156. 10. 0 respectively.
Four-seater £159. 10. 0[4]
Four-seater de luxe £166. 10. 0[4]
Coupé de luxe £179. The coupé was now only available with the de luxe equipment.
The motoring correspondent of The Times described the two-seater as "a rakish looking body with two wide cut-away doors with cord-operated locks and pockets. The floor is flat and unobstructed, there is luggage space in the tonneau behind the squab with a cover, and the hood folds down completely when it is concealed. There is a single panel safety glass folding screen with a curved top line and the detachable side screens are stored behind the squab. The instruments are in front of the driver with a good-sized cupboard and grabrail on the left."
"The coupé two-seater is of airline type and there is a bench type of seat with adjustment to the back and good luggage space behind. A sliding roof, safety glass windows, a windscreen which can be wound out, a rear blind, ventilators in the side of the scuttle, large headlamps with stone guards, a spare wheel, door locks, a sports spring steering wheel, flush fitting traffic indicators, a roof light and an inside reflecting mirror are included."
Mechanicals
At the front of the car was the engine, clutch, gearbox and a short stiff propeller shaft to the worm and spur driven differential and front wheel brake. All these mechanicals were (flexibly[6]) mounted as one unit positioned in a reverse to the usual order, the differential at the very front of the car.
Engine
The car's four-cylinder, 9 (RAC) horsepower 1, 075 cc (65. 6 cu in) engine and transmission had powered thousands of BSA three-wheelers over the previous five years.
Transmission
The gearbox was centrally controlled by a lever in the facia providing three forward speeds and reverse[1] The propeller shafts from the differential to each wheel had flexible fabric joints and enclosed universal joints. The multi-plate clutch had two light alloy discs with cork inserts and ran in oil.
Chassis
The conventionally designed chassis was made of channel section side members suitably braced by cross members.[4] Suspension was by eight quarter-elliptic springs in front—four to each wheel giving independent front springing.[1]
Rear suspension was by ordinary half-elliptical springs to a beam axle.
The single brake for the front wheels was a part of the differential unit. The rear brakes were on each wheel.[3]
Electrical equipment was six-volt and a five lamp set supplied with dip and switch control to the head lights was included.[4] The tyre size is 4+1?2 by 18 inches (110 mm × 460 mm).
We are happy to assist with shipping, nationally and internationally.
Can be exported at your cost or about $1, 500 dollars to the UK port in 4 weeks...
- Serious collectors please... more pics coming and on request from the message seller form on this ad... adz
Thanks for looking
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