ABC Skootamota 1921 133 cc OHV frame# 54 CC 10/77 engine # 2585 Around 1920 there was both in Europe and the USA a short-lived interest in motorised scooters. Scooters were light, cheap to run and simple to use; it was thought that they might attract new ( female) urban customers, that would not so easily choose for a conventional motorcycle as means of transport. The ABC (All British Cycle) is one of the very first scooters and probably the best of the first generation of machines. It was designed by the prolific and inventive Granville Bradshaw and uses a 60mm by 40mm overhead exhaust valve single- cylinder engine driving the 16” wheel by chain. Later models - such as this one is- have a full OHV configuration. The tubular frame is light and made a very manageable machine with a speed range of up to 20 mph. “ One push with the left foot on the ground starts the engine and the machine” stated the brochure. Unlike some machines of the period it is fitted with a seat and was used quite prominently on the roads of the period. This example is an older restoration. Source: Yesterdays.nl

Very little input from RBW here. This now preserved Leyland Tiger had been rescued from the yard of another paintshop. As anything motorised will do, it let it's owner down at the most inconvenient of times after generally being reliable up to that point. When It had been finished, it flatly refused to move out of the booth and only did so with the help of two other operators. Once clear, and in the yard, that's where it stayed. The fault was traced to a porous air tank which we were able to patch to enable it's return to our premises where a more thorough repair could be undertaken. After repairing said tank, a diaphragm in a pressure relief valve then failed! The picture was taken as it was positioned in the road prior to departure, the owner having by now fitted his own vinyls . SUX 476X was once a member of the famous Bassett's of Tittensor (Staffs) fleet, though arriving from Britannia of Telford still serviceable in a freshly applied coat of their blue, never actually received fleet livery as seen here... until now.