1919 Reynolds Runabout
This is a very rare machine. It is missing its engine covers, saddles, and various other parts. But there’s definitely enough of it here to manufacture the missing parts and end up with an extremely desirable machine
It was in the previous owner’s family for over 40 years, and possesses its registration document.
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Jackson Car Manufacturing Co
Pangbourne, Berkshire
The Jackson Car Manufacturing Co introduced the Reynolds Runabout scooter, in 1919, though production was subsequently taken over by A.W. Wall of Tyseley, Birmingham, the makers of the scooter’s Liberty engine. It remained in production until 1924.
As you can see below, the 269cc engine has separate petrol and oil tanks.
The front forks are Australian-made Flexiforks.
The gearbox is a two-speed Moss unit, with either chain or belt drive. Two bucket seats were fitted onto a wooden platform above the engine.
It’s a large machine, considerably bigger than the Unibus, for example (which had a similar size engine), and very much larger than the Skootamota. I think it’s actually the largest of the various scooters that came onto the market in this first phase of the motor scooter. Compare it with some of the scooters available at the time in the 1920 buyer’s guide at the bottom of the page.
With a size comparable to a 350cc motorcycle of the day, this created, in my opinion, a considerable sales disadvantage. Because scooters then, like now, were marketed towards folks who didn’t want to get their clothes dirty and who wanted a lighter mount. All its competitors were lightweights. The best-known period picture of a Reynolds, featured above, shows a woman grimacing as she attempts to pull her Reynolds onto its rear stand …with an audience of pedestrians standing by.
Though the company replaced the engine with a more popular JAP unit, this did little to revive sales, and production ended in 1924.
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GUIDE to SCOOTERS of 1920
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