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oday the club has moved on from its humble beginnings in 1959. We have a membership of approximately 200 and with members in almost every continent. The register details some 350 plus FWD BSAs and an increasing number of RWD cars and cars new to the club continue to turn up both in the UK and overseas.
The BSA FWD Club offers its members a comprehensive range of services including the provision of spares, technical information, a monthly newsletter and an annual rally programme.
SPARES
Each full member of the BSA FWD Club automatically becomes a member of the spares scheme providing access to a comprehensive range of new and secondhand spares. The annual subscription and membership fee contain an element that is allocated to the spares scheme to provide, capital for the purchase of additional spares. -
The club owns the largest known collection of new spares, which has been built up from the spares of a former London stockist purchased by the club in 1972. Since then the club has purchased new spares as these have become available. The club has arranged the manufacture of new items including valves, pistons, exhaust manifolds, oil seals, head gaskets and front wings. In addition the club has undertaken the refurbishment of specific items such as transmission spiders and wheel carriers.
For may years the club has adopted a policy of buying up secondhand spares as these become available. This has enabled many rebuilds to progress from collections of parts to concours winners.
The range of secondhand spares offered by the club varies from week to week, but can often include complete engines, gear boxes, wheels, body panels plus countless smaller items.
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
The club is fortunate to possess what is almost certainly the largest collection of original BSA manufacturing drawings for the FWD and RWD cars. The drawings, which number more than 5000, cover almost every aspect of the BSA FWD engine and chassis components together with a large number of assembly and body drawings which can be invaluable in helping with rebuilds. These drawings have provided a basis for the manufacture of new spares organized by the spares scheme enabling the club to produce exact copies of original parts.
The club magazine often publishes technical articles and a selection of these has been collected together and copies are available to club members. These range from details on comprehensive engine rebuilds to advice on the re- jetting of carburetors.
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