The other day somebody sent me a copy of a letter ( dated 9th December 1971) from the service department of the BSA factory. The letter was sent to an M20 owner in the USA, and this is a quote from this letter:
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From the serial number WM20 97102 which you quote, we would imagine that the machine would be produced around 1943. Unfortunately, it is not possible for us to be more positive, as so many of our records were destroyed by enemy action during the war.”
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Oops, the BSA ledgers that survived continue up to approximately WM20.70000 (late 1942). I thought that the Blitz happened much earlier…? Time to do some research! (I love doing this research! See also
https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/for...-in-upper-highgate-street-hit-by-bombs.47784/ If you install the Photobucket plug-in in Chrome you can still see the pictures that I posted)