Brockhouse Corgi Scooter

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The original Welbike was designed to fold into a pod which could be dropped by parachute to mobilise the troops during World War II.

Starved of fuel and transport, post-war Britain was desperate for anything with two wheels and an enterprising firm in Southport took the Welbike design, strengthened the frame and marketed it as the Brockhouse Corgi. It sold like hot cakes, with 27,050 leaving the works between 1948 and 1954. A comprehensive range of accessories became available, including a complex fairing which turned it into a look-alike scooter and even a sidecar!

This Corgi dates from 1949 and has been in the current ownership for over 40 years, during which time it has been restored twice. He recalls going to collect the bike in the early 1970s and putting it in the back of his daily car at the time, a 1936 Alvis Silver Eagle. It has had four owners in total as detailed in the buff log book which accompanies the bike, with a more modern V5 also present and a V5C on order from DVLA.

The bike has been in storage for the last 20 years but has recently been tidied up and recommissioned for sale. The vendor states that: “The engine runs well and I have fitted LED lights to the head and tail lights to give the generator a chance! It originally had a dry battery providing current for the tail light, unfortunately this was a type of battery that is no longer available. I have added a ‘bobby dodger’ horn and got the brakes working well so it should be possible to get an MOT test carried out.”

It comes with two or three old MOTs (one from the 1960s); an engine manual and a parts list from Venhill Engineering who dealt in Corgis some years ago; receipts for expenditure on the first restoration; a workshop handbook for the Excelsior Spryt and two gasket sets for the engine, one of which appears to be substantially un-opened.

CATALOGUE AMENDMENT: Please note that there is only one engine handbook and not two as catalogued.