BSA purchase help

John, Usual rules apply, start low and meet in the middle for a working Gen set of

2.5KVA a bit more than £50 I would have thought maybe £100 would be a beeter choice.

Martin P

To big for the boot of an Impreza thought :-))

John Manders wrote:

In message , John Manders writes

If it is in really good nick, then anything up to about 100 quid a KVA for smaller sets, dropping a bit for larger units. An 'A' grade Clarke Power set with Briggs and Stratton and cheap 2.2 KVA Italian alternator would cost you 250 quid in my local cheap-n-cheerful DIY store. I'll go along with Martin's advice, it's probably worth 100 quid of anyone's money.

TTFN

Pete

Got it. It turned out to be a Briggs and Stratton not a BSA as I thought. He was right about the weight though. It's all in good condition. No dents and only a little surface rust on the tin work. The history is known back to 1989 so it's older than that. I suspect not that much older. No real vintage interest here I'm afraid. The engine runs but probably needs a carb clean out. I'm told the sponge air filter is crumbling. There are 3 ID plates on the thing. Engine serial No. Generator details and another plate with electrical details that I suspect is the assembler rather than the manufacturer of the components. The generator part was made by the same manufacturer as the one on my BSA. Unfortunately, it doesn't give a date like the BSA does so a little more research may be needed. It's too big and heavy for me to take to shows, even if it was interesting enough. My first thoughts are to keep it as a working genny for power cuts. We seem to get a lot here, more in the last 2 years than 9 years in Wales on a long overhead supply. I shall probably build a louvred enclosure for it so that it can be run when needed but is protected from the elements and prying eyes when it's not. The price was good too. I did the final bartering in the presence of wifey. Even she had to concede that a freebie was good value for money. I didn't expect that and tried to haggle the price up a bit but he was adamant so free it was. I'm happy now.

John

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