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£900
c. 1958 BSA A7 Shooting Star Project, 495cc. Registration number (no paperwork). Frame number FA7 1066. Engine number CA7 SS 8793 HC.
BSA's first production parallel twin, the A7 was extensively revised for 1951 along the lines of the newly introduced Bert Hopwood-designed A10 650 and continued fundamentally unchanged until 1954, when the introduction of a new duplex frame for the BSA twins range meant that the original bolted-up gearbox had to go. Otherwise the engine remained much as before, though the new sports 500 - the A7 Shooting Star - featured an alloy cylinder head and detachable inlet manifold. With 32bhp on tap, the sporting A7SS was good for a top speed in excess of 90mph. Production ceased with the introduction of the unitary construction A50 in 1962.
This project has been started before our vendors father passed away and prospective purchasers should satisfy themselves as to its completeness.
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