BANTAM FINISHES
| D1 + D1 COMPETITION | |
| 1949 | Mist green (18) frame, forks, mudguards, wheel rims, hubs, toolbox, chainguard, headlamp, details. Petrol tank mist green with yellow side panels carrying Bantam transfer. Gear indicator transfer on chainguard. Chrome- plated exhaust, handlebars. |
| 1950 | As 1949 with chrome-plated lower plunger spring boxes and strip on tank centre. Some export models in black (7) in place of mist green. Models with Lucas electrics with chrome-plated headlamp rim and points cover. |
| 1951-52 |
As 1950. |
| 1953 |
Chrome-plated wheel rims on mist green hub (45) and chrome-plated beads on tank welds. Option in black (7) with chrome-plated wheel rims on black hub (44) |
| 1954 | As 1953 except no gear indicator transfer or petrol-tank centre strip. Instead the tank welds had chrome-plated beadings fixed to them. Silencer fishtail painted in green (18). |
| 1955 | As 1954. Export options in black (7) with tank in black with cream panels lined gold (64) and wheels with chrome-plated rims and black hubs (44), or in maroon (37) with tank maroon with cream panels lined gold (72) and wheels with chrome-plated rims and maroon hubs (41). |
| 1956-57 | As 1954 with black or maroon options available to all. |
| 1958 | As 1956. |
| 1959 | As 1956. |
| 1960 | Black (7) frame, forks, headlamp, toolbox, chainguard. Wheels with chrome-plated rims and black hubs (44). Petrol tank, mudguard and stays In mist green (18), black (7) or fuchsia red. |
| 1961-62 | As 1960. |
| 1963 | As 1960. |
| D3 BANTAM MAJOR & COMPETITION | |
| 1954 | As D1 in major grey (59) with chrome- plated rims on major grey hub (61). Petrol tank with cream panels and Bantam Major transfer. Silencer fishtail painted grey (59) to match. |
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1955
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As 1954. Export options in black (7) with tank in black with cream panels lined gold (64) and wheels with chrome-plated rims and black hubs (44), or in maroon (37) with tank maroon with cream panels lined gold (72) and wheels with chrome-plated rims and maroon hubs (41). |
| 1956-57 | As 1955 with black or maroon options available to all. |
| D5 BANTAM SUPER | |
| 1958 | Bayard crimson with tank same as D1 with ivory panels lined in gold (99)and wheels to match with chrome plated rims and Bayard crimson hubs (125). Option in black(7) with black tank with ivory panels lined gold (126) and chrome plated rims with black hubs. |
| D7 BANTAM SUPER, DE LUXE & SILVER | |
| 1959 |
Black (7) frame, forks, chainguard, details. Royal red (27) mudguards, stays, centre panels. Tank
in royal red with ivory panels gold-lined (137). Wheels with chrome-plated
rims and black hubs (44). Option all in black (7) with wheels as above
(44) and tank in black with ivory panels lined gold (126). |
| 1960 | As 1959 in black (7) with signal red (27), sapphire blue (88) or black (7) mudguards and centre panels. Petrol tank with ivory panels and In red (137), blue (145) or black (126) with gold lining. Wheels as 1959. |
| 1961-62 | As 1960 with tank option of chrome-plated side panels and in red (123), blue (110) or black (162). |
| 1963 | As 1961 with silver sheen hubs and brake backplates. |
| 1964-65 | As 1963. |
| 1965-66 | D7 Silver-black (7) frame, forks, chainguard; silver sheen (31) hubs, headlamp nacelle, mudguards; sapphire blue (88) centre panels. Petrol tank sapphire blue with silver sheen panels lined gold (221) plus round tank badges. D7 Deluxe-black (7) frame, forks. Petrol tank flamboyant red with chrome-plated panels and white separating line (176). Mudguards flamboyant red with white line (177); centre panels flamboyant red (170). |
| D10 SILVER, SUPREME, SPORTS & BUSHMAN | |
| 1967 | D10
Silver-black (7) frame, forks, nacelle; silver sheen (31) hubs; sapphire
blue (88) mudguards, centre panels. Petrol tank sapphire blue with silver
panels lined gold (221).
D10 Supreme-black (7) frame, forks; silver sheen (31) hubs; centre panels flamboyant blue (235); mudguards flamboyant blue with white line (237). Petrol tank flamboyant blue with chrome-plated panels and white separating line plus white between weld seams on top of tank (236). D10 Sports-black (7) frame, forks; chrome-plate fork sliders, headlamp shell, mudguards; silver sheen (31) hubs; centre panels flamboyant red (170). Petrol tank flamboyant red with chrome-plated panels and white separating line plus chequered area between weld seams on top of tank (176). D10 Bushman-black (7) frame, forks; white (69) mudguards; bushfire orange (244) centre panels. Petrol tank bushfire orange and white with gold separating line (245). |
| D14/4 SUPREME, SPORTS & BUSHMAN | |
| 1968 |
D14/4 Supreme-as 1967 D10
Supreme. Black option with centre panels black (7); mudguards black with
white line (234); petrol tank black with chrome plating and white line
(233).
D 14/4 Sports-as 1967 DI0 Sports D14/4 Bushman-as 1967 D10 Bushman. |
| B175 BANTAM & BUSHMAN | |
| 1969-71 | B175 Bantam-as D14/4 in black or as D10 Sports except mudguards flamboyant red with white line (177). Also in polychromatic aircraft blue (266) with tank with chrome-plated panels and white line (267) in style of D10 Supreme. |
| 1969-70 | B175 Bushman-as 1967 D10 Bushman except tank separating line in black (265). |
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