Ending 7th May, 2023 18:12
April Timed Auction
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1968 BSA BANTAM 'The Flying Vicar'
Sold for £3,000
Estimated at £3,000 - £4,000
Note that some lots may be sold provisionally
Make: BSA
Model: BANTAM
Registration: ARA 328G
Engine Size (cc): 174
Year of Manufacture: 1968
Date First Registered: 25/10/1968
Current V5: YES
Location: PICKERING
Current V5 present, paperwork includes printed pictures, invoices, old V5's, general notes, MOT test certificates, and Declaration of exemption from MOT.
The vendor has provided the following:
She really is a one-off, I don't think you will find another one. A well-thought-out design and build with a sympathetic restoration. A lot of time and money spent on this build.
Side-car took around a year to design and build and comes with all the tools as seen.
Tow-along trailer that folds out into a picnic trailer that took seven months to design and build. Comes as seen with everything included and stored away. There is a lot of money just on accessories.
Spare tyre on sidecar was lost in transit but easily replaced with a 16 or 17 inch tyre.
Engine was fully re-built less than 120 miles ago with new pistons, rings, con rod, clutch, modern bearings, seals and gaskets.
Steering damper, and comfortably takes two people.
The last owner fitted a new rear trials sprocket but in our opinion a standard fitment would be better.
So why The Flying Vicar?
In the early 1990's, the owner and builder of this outfit worked part time as a marshal at the Goodwood Motor Circuit and as a consequence was asked to marshal the Goodwood Revival meeting. This was a new concept for Goodwood.
He decided, as a biker, to take his classic Norton to the event, not only to get through the traffic quicker but also to display it near to where he was working and as such, his little Norton received a lot of attention. He did exactly the same thing the following year, but with a difference !! He dressed as a vicar, in leathers, just as Father Bill Shergold, himself a bike with a Matchless, had in the 1950's, when he invited bikers into his church.
This was the start of the famous 59 Club but he did write to him beforehand and received his blessing.
Sometime after the event he wrote an article in the Norton Owner's Club magazine, he also sent photographs of himself standing next to the bike dressed as Father Shergold.
When the article was published, the editor nicknamed him 'The Flying Vicar', he obviously had a sense of humour, and from that day to this, the name has stuck. Consequently, all articles he has written since for any magazine has been signed, Richard Bennett, The Flying Vicar.
Make: BSA
Model: BANTAM
Registration: ARA 328G
Engine Size (cc): 174
Year of Manufacture: 1968
Date First Registered: 25/10/1968
Current V5: YES
Location: PICKERING
Current V5 present, paperwork includes printed pictures, invoices, old V5's, general notes, MOT test certificates, and Declaration of exemption from MOT.
The vendor has provided the following:
She really is a one-off, I don't think you will find another one. A well-thought-out design and build with a sympathetic restoration. A lot of time and money spent on this build.
Side-car took around a year to design and build and comes with all the tools as seen.
Tow-along trailer that folds out into a picnic trailer that took seven months to design and build. Comes as seen with everything included and stored away. There is a lot of money just on accessories.
Spare tyre on sidecar was lost in transit but easily replaced with a 16 or 17 inch tyre.
Engine was fully re-built less than 120 miles ago with new pistons, rings, con rod, clutch, modern bearings, seals and gaskets.
Steering damper, and comfortably takes two people.
The last owner fitted a new rear trials sprocket but in our opinion a standard fitment would be better.
So why The Flying Vicar?
In the early 1990's, the owner and builder of this outfit worked part time as a marshal at the Goodwood Motor Circuit and as a consequence was asked to marshal the Goodwood Revival meeting. This was a new concept for Goodwood.
He decided, as a biker, to take his classic Norton to the event, not only to get through the traffic quicker but also to display it near to where he was working and as such, his little Norton received a lot of attention. He did exactly the same thing the following year, but with a difference !! He dressed as a vicar, in leathers, just as Father Bill Shergold, himself a bike with a Matchless, had in the 1950's, when he invited bikers into his church.
This was the start of the famous 59 Club but he did write to him beforehand and received his blessing.
Sometime after the event he wrote an article in the Norton Owner's Club magazine, he also sent photographs of himself standing next to the bike dressed as Father Shergold.
When the article was published, the editor nicknamed him 'The Flying Vicar', he obviously had a sense of humour, and from that day to this, the name has stuck. Consequently, all articles he has written since for any magazine has been signed, Richard Bennett, The Flying Vicar.
Auction: April Timed Auction, ending 7th May, 2023
A selection of lots that didn't sell in the April Auction are available to bid on now!
The catalogue will go live and bidding will start on Wednesday 3 May.
Bidding end from 6pm on Sunday 7 May. The finish times will be staggered so you won’t miss out!
All lots are available for pre-bid viewing on site at Thornton le Dale or Pickering.
Standard auction fees apply.
