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1932 BSA Trike

Three-Wheeler

Birmingham Small Arms (BSA) entered the light car market in the late 1920s with the introduction of the Beeza. The Morgan three-wheeler dominated the market at this time. They built a total of 6,650 cars between 1929 and 1936.

BSA introduced innovations such as reverse gear, electric start, full weather protection, and front-wheel drive with the transmission in front of the engine.

The car is built with a twin rail frame over which a wood body was mounted and then covered with leather.

It has a gravity-fed carburetor feeding an air-cooled V-twin engine (1021cc and nine horsepower). They kept the car under 800 pounds, allowing it to be taxed as a motorcycle rather than an automobile at that time.

Birmingham Small Arms munitions and gun factory (BSA) began producing cars in 1907, prior to their production of motorbikes. In 1910, the company was taken over by Daimler.

In 1929, BSA Cycles Ltd. launched a front-wheel drive three-wheeler powered by a 1-liter Hotchkiss vee twin engine. This new vehicle, introduced at the Motor Cycle Show, was in direct competition with Morgan. Initially, it was less powerful, but a four-cylinder 1,075cc engine was soon introduced in 1933. The vehicles were front-wheel drive, a feature that had been previously introduced on the Alvis.

BSA built the Three Wheeler from 1930 through 1935, with 6,650 produced during that time.

by Dan Vaughan