27th Jul, 2022 13:00

Pavilion Gardens, Buxton

 
  Lot 79
 

1935 BSA Scout Roadster
No Reserve

Sold for £5,400

(including buyers premium)


Lot details

Registration No: BYK 270
Chassis No: L422
MOT: Exempt

  • A rare, surviving Series One example complete with horizontal bonnet louvres
  • Current family ownership since 2011 and treated to a respray two years later
  • History file includes a continuation buff logbook dating from 1961, period BSA brochure and old MOTs etc

Launched in April 1935, the BSA Scout quickly developed a reputation for amazingly sure-footed cornering thanks to its admirably low centre of gravity and advanced front wheel-drive. Based around a conventional ladder frame chassis equipped with independent transverse-leaf front suspension, a 'live' rear axle and drum brakes, the newcomer was powered by an 1075cc (later 1204cc) four-cylinder engine allied to three-speed manual transmission. Available in either two-seater or four-seater guises, lighter variants of the model were reputedly capable of nigh on 70mph. Evolving through six series, total Scout production is thought to have amounted to just 3,000 cars. Understandably rare today, the first series examples can be identified by their horizontal bonnet louvres.

First registered in London on 29th June 1935, the accompanying continuation buff logbook shows that ‘BYK 270’ belonged to Leslie Beasley of Alvechurch, Worcs some twenty-two years later with the same document listing John M. Lewis, C.W. Brueton, B.J. Wise, J.J. Mulvaney, C.D. Outram, B.J. Dewsbury and C.M. Horne as subsequent keepers. Thought to have been taken off the road during the mid-1970s, the BSA was reportedly restored by its previous custodian before being re-registered with the DVLA in 1993. Work is understood to have included a thorough engine overhaul (reground crankshaft, reconditioned oil pump, fresh white metal bearings and new pistons / rings etc). Sparingly used since entering the current family ownership eleven years ago, the Scout underwent a repaint from Green to its present Black over Red colour scheme during 2013. Not run for some time, the two-seater is now in need of recommissioning / re-restoration. Offered for sale with V5C Registration Document and sundry paperwork.

 

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Auction: Pavilion Gardens, Buxton, 27th Jul, 2022

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