Uk bantams.

[S1g 579]

Here's the four uk engine options of bantams offered by howard over the years.

Villiers ohv,Villiers mk 25c 2stroke, BSA 120cc, and AC 120.

[vegikev 126]

we have 2 here and both have the ohv villiers mk 15

[neil 524]

Nice collection , Why is the second from the left a different colour to the others ?

[S1g 579]

Nice collection , Why is the second from the left a different colour to the others ?

someone had thrown a tin of paint over it, but howard did do a gold bantam, a limited edition,at the moment I can't remember the reason behind it. The grey one in this photo was very tired so has now been replaced with a better example.

[S1g 579]

Here's a couple of other shots of the very rare BSA engine option next to a demon and 200. The last photo shows a bantam that I re engined with a Chinese Honda and used for about 5 years on my veg plot before moving it on.

[hangman 25]

i know that some manufactures produced gold machines to celebrate the coronation don't know how that relates age wise to the gold bantams though, think that it was 1952  

Edited February 16, 2014 by hangman

[S1g 579]

i know that some manufactures produced gold machines to celebrate the coronation don't know how that relates age wise to the gold bantoms though think that it was 1952

now you've said it, I'm sure that's he reason.

[hangman 25]

only an educated guess lol

I will say that i have always considered the bantam to be one of the best all round allotment rotavators others may say the 350, at the mo i have a 200 and 220 both capable but im still on the look out for a bantam

[S1g 579]

only an educated guess lol

I will say that i have always considered the bantam to be one of the best all round allotment rotavators others may say the 350, at the mo i have a 200 and 220 both capable but im still on the look out for a bantam

I just been looking up in my litriture and have found one reference to the coronation bantams. I've seen 3 survivors. The bantam is one of my favourite Howard's to use, most are only 10 inches wide so go very nicely up the rows and the side shields protect the plants. Being slightly heavier than a 200 means they are also very nice to use.

[steve d 43]

Hi ya Gareth here's my bsa engined bantam and demon.

[S1g 579]

Nice looking machines, particuarly the condition of the demon,the BSA engine on the bantam is the rarest of all engine options as they were used as a stop gap when the supply of Villiers and Howard's ac120 dried up due to material shortages. There isn't much in the way of references to the BSA being fitted in my litriture apart from one small blurry photo and the mention of the BSA not fitting the saw bench attachment.

My 200 is regularly worked at the moment, but I am keeping my eyes open for a suitable bantam again.

[steve d 43]

Here's my demon last year having a break after working hard on a plot. It's a really nice machine to use the bsa engine starts well. It also will chug through just about anything. I'm looking forward to getting the bantam done and trying that in the ground.

[Stormin 4,458]

I was given one of those B.S.A. engines some years ago. Some low life lifted it from my previous home when I was moving.

[nigel 1,876]

i sold one of them bantams with a bsa engine to stevie d last year

[steve d 43]

That's right nigel. Just got to get it sorted now mate.

[S1g 579]

That's right nigel. Just got to get it sorted now mate.

bar the coils the engines are bomb proof,

[Stormin 4,458]

Coils were shot on the engine I had. I got it running with a coil off a car and a 12v battery.

[Miniandy 0]

Hi any pics of the throttle linkage on the ac 120 bantam mine was a pile of parts when I got it just picked up another one with a bsa 120 on it didn’t know they were ever fitted assumed Someone had fitted it later on