Tuesday, June 19, 2018

Scott Sociable


Alfred Angas Scott of the Scott motorcycle company was responsible for this oddball. He started the motorcycle company in 1907 but left in 1915 to form the Scott Autocar company where he designed a machine gun carrier based on the motorcycle/sidecar layout. The armed forces did not adopt his design and so after the war Scott adapted it into this asymmetrical 2 seater intended as cheap practical transportation.  Handling must have been suspect as the right side wheels were in line and the 2 cylinder 2 stroke engine was located on the right side.  
The strange-looking vehicle was not a sales success, apparently only 100-200 were made during 3 years of production. The company folded in 1925.


thanks, Jon!
Engine was a liquid cooled two stroke twin.

Images from The Classic Motor Cycle, Jan 1989



Aug 89 issue, The Classic MotorCycle
An aggressively-ridden Sociable at the Salcombe Hill section of the 1924 London to Exeter run.




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9 comments:

  1. AnonymousJanuary 5, 2020 at 6:55 PM

    The engine above looks like a Scott supercharged v-4.

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  2. Mister GJanuary 5, 2020 at 7:59 PM

    Hmm, You might be right! I'll see what i can find.

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  3. Mister GJanuary 11, 2020 at 12:29 AM

    You are absolutely correct,thanks for the correction. I've not been able to find a closeup of the engine, but I did do a post on the 4 cylinder!
    https://progress-is-fine.blogspot.com/2020/01/scott-car-engine-1929.html

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  4. Nick HooperOctober 7, 2020 at 11:53 AM

    Do you know how many still exist, as runners or not?

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  5. Mister GOctober 7, 2020 at 12:39 PM

    According to the Scott Owners club, 5 known at present.

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  6. UnknownOctober 25, 2020 at 7:02 AM

    Not much chance of getting hold of one then.

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  7. Mister GOctober 26, 2020 at 3:11 PM

    If you find one, please send pictures!

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  8. AnonymousAugust 7, 2023 at 10:40 PM

    Vertical in-line twin two-stroke. The v4 was an aero engine prototype. Not nearly as compact as the one shown here.

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  9. AnonymousAugust 8, 2023 at 8:26 AM

    V4. https://progress-is-fine.blogspot.com/2020/01/scott-car-engine-1929.html?m=1

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