International purchasers – I do not use paypal.ĪFTER PURCHASE: Please email me your phone numbers I prefer to speak to all purchasers personally.įEEDBACK: I do everything I can to make your purchase a pleasurable experience. PAYMENT: Paypal is okay for cheap items otherwise deposit only on paypal please. North America, Australia, New Zealand, Japan – we’ll organize shipping for you. United Kingdom – delivery is £70 for a 2-wheeler to most parts of the UK.Įurope – delivery is under €400 Germany, Austria, France, Italy, Spain, etc. Our website contains details of recommended delivery services. LOCATION: Brighton, E.Sussex, United KingdomĭELIVERY: is not included in this auction. There was obviously little point having a pin-up provocatively posed on the Puch 125cc Laro 3-Wheeler Utility model… Over the years, Puch cornered the market in pin-up posters to advertise their products. This charming little scooterette should provide faithful service for either regular local use, or for rallies and shows.
It had an age-related registration when I bought it. The MOT and tax both expired last week, on 1st May, but I don’t see any reason why it shouldn’t easily pass its next one. The sale includes a couple of Puch articles from magazines of the time and a copy of the parts manual, which is useful for sourcing spare parts – there’s a company in Austria that still supplies most parts for these old Puchs! The windscreen, rear rack and panniers are all period extras that came with the bike when I got it. The seat was professionally recovered and looks superb. It had 2 new tyres fitted just before I bought it (a year ago) and the spare is good too.
It is motivated by a 3 speed manual 60cc fan-cooled engine. I particularly like the original dealer transfer which is still easy to read on the side. It’s in very good condition, and mostly original. This particular Cheetah was first registered 23rd February 1961. Re-badged Cushman scooters were sold by them from 1948 until 1960. Re-badged Vespas were sold by Sears between 19. Puch mopeds, scooters and motorcycles were marketed as such in the USA from 1954 until 1969. This model of Puch was also sold in the USA, where it was re-branded a ‘Sears Allstate.’ Sears also re-sold Vespa and Cushman scooters in the same way they switched to a ‘Sears’ badge in 1967. The Cheetah was described as a ‘scooterette’ and that title now seems to epitomize that era. The fifties scooter craze blurred the model categories once again with mopeds or motorcycles that may also be scooters. If you click on you can observe many examples of the ‘is-it-a-moped-or-is-it-a-cyclemotor?’ debate. However, it’s difficult to decide where the ‘cyclemotor’ ends and the ‘moped’ begins the French machines of the early 1950’s in particular could be considered either. Puch enthusiasts consider that it was the first proper production moped. The first Puch moped in the fifties was the ‘Steyr-Daimler-Puch MS 50,’ known as ‘baby-Puch’ because of its fragile and small body. This Puch moped will be offered for sale in a separate ebay auction ( in this auction catalogue website), so you have the opportunity of owning a matching pair! My 1962 Puch Nomad MS 50 VD moped is pictured below as comparison you’ll see that they are indeed of very similar design.
Mopedders needn’t worry about either though: this 60cc machine is much too upmarket for them ? This scooterette is an excellent machine …even if scooterists may wonder if they’re really riding a motorcycle and motorcyclists could worry that if they’re not careful they may start to wear ben shermans.
In 1961/1962 the Austrian company Puch offered two models in the UK, the more upmarket 59cc Cheetah ‘Scooterette’ which sold for £99 17/- 6d, and the bog-standard 50cc MS 50 Nomad for £82 10/-įrom the outset, Puch enjoyed an excellent reputation for its high standard of design, build and reliability – and equally popular were the risque adverts they brought out between the 1950s and 1970s. But it is undoubtedly a charming example of that era of the late 1950’s/ early 1960’s before the Japanese invasion – when scooters were all the rage and mopeds and small motorcycles grew bodywork and legshields to give them scooter-style looks. My 1961 Cheetah does not exactly speed along with quite the same velocity as its animal namesake. I also particularly like original paintwork and dealer transfers. Especially panniers and windscreen on a baby scooter.