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Originally posted by Rich Payne
If I may be allowed to nit-pick, the bikes (the first two at least) are actually pre-war (1938 model year) KM20 BSAs with the nice (well I think so) valanced rear mudguard and long field stand.
According to Orchard and Madden's book C3914865 and C3914372 were part of contract A9764 which was completed in December 1938
I have seen a thread on another forum showing the restoration of a WM20 found on Iceland
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Rich,
Ahh, I did not check the census numbers. My own WM20, a 1940 model, has the same deep petrol tank, correct for its Contract spec. as well as the long field stand, it would also have had the extra valances on rear mudguards, originally, so visually there is little difference from an early WM model. The deep petrol tank was one designed for an overhead valve engine, from the shape underneath, it has the same capacity as the flatter tank used later on.
I have seen the website of the one in Iceland and seem to remember he also had a deep tank, so obviously an early WM.
Richard