BSA B40 (WD) (1968)

Vehicle Details

1968 BSA B40 (WD) at the 2005 Guernsey Classic Car Show (click on image for larger picture)
Chris Jinks' 1968 BSA B40 (WD) at the 2005 Guernsey Classic Car Show.
(larger picture of BSA B40 (WD) at the 2005 Guernsey Classic Car Show)

  • Make

    • BSA

  • Model

    • B40 (WD)

  • Date & Place of Manufacture

    • 1968 - United Kingdom

  • Era ⁄ Period of Use

    • 1960s and 1970s

  • Typical Use of Vehicle

    • In service this vehicle is typically used as a general-purpose liaison vehicle, however it is also used as a stunt display motorcycle and a trials-riding machine.

  • Current Condition

    • Restored

  • Vehicle History

    • This particular vehicle served in Northern Ireland in the 1960s and 1970s and in Scotland and England. In the latter part of its military career, it was used as an instructional aid at the School of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering at Borden and it ended its military life as an exhibit at the Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers Museum of Technology, in Berkshire. (Military registration – 65 FG 21)

  • Owner

    • Chris Jinks

top of page

The Guernsey Military Vehicle Group is affiliated with the UK Military Vehicle Trust (MVT) (http://www.mvt.org.uk/), which is a nation-wide society concerning the conservation of military vehicles.