881 BAM 1963 Leader.

[terryedmondson]

It's been mine now for over 27 years. Just thought I'd post up if someone knows anything about it. It was a Bristol bike.

[ian williams]

hi Terry ;
that may be a swindon or wiltshire bike with the AM suffix .

i have a 1963 puch cheetah which is 993BAM and i live near swindon and the local registrations used to use AM MR MW and i think WV and maybe others . .
my 65 triumph T10 scooter is GMR311D again from swindon .

i have a very late sports arrow in bits at present that came from a local fella and was a chippenham wilts bike but dont have the number to hand at present as its tucked away behind some junk .

at some point the county boundaries were moved around in many places and so it might be your bike was registered in wiltshire but the county name is now different .

it happened in oxfordshire near me where some of the area used to be berkshire .

i have a sept 58 leader which is 669DJO and this is its original oxfordshire registration number and also a 1922 carfield which is BW7022 and its original oxfordshire reg number .

hope you get some more history sorted out on your ariel .

[terryedmondson]

Gosh Just rolling back on my Profile. 883 BAM was first registered in Trowbridge Jack Plowrights was the Supplier, now long gone of course. Still have it today but still not used enough!

[Roger Gwynn]

883 BAM is not listed on the club's register but it may be on there under the engine and frame numbers. If you let me have those I can add your Leader and let you know of any earlier history that may be there. Many of the records do not have registrations. If you know anything of previous owner's and dates I can add that as well. AM is a Wiltshire number issued between March and April 1963. As Ian points out this would refer to the Historic Counties Standard area not any modern boundary, see https://gazetteer.org.uk/map