Did BSA use walnut stocks on the S models?

[Geezer]

I've also been told that the Deluxe Beech stocks as fitted to the Challenger, Superstar, Goldstar, Supersport Custom were made by an Italian company and the same company also made the stocks for the earlier Weihrauchs (HW77, 85, 80).

Pete

That's what I meant to say earlier. Dunno where the regular stocks came from, but the 1980s "S" models were, IIRC, from an Italian manufacturer.

There is definitely a big contrast between the slabby plank of beech on my standard Mk5 and the nicely-shaped (but often lower quality) walnut I have seen on the Mk6S.