Framed picture

1938 Scott Flying Squirrel

by Alan Puckett

From the very onset of production in 1909, when Scotts were produced from the Jowett car concern in Bradford, owners of these highly innovative and advanced two- strokes became rabid enthusiasts of the marque.

Alfred Scott, the genius behind the design, although not associated with the company after 1919, nevertheless established the concept which was revolutionary then and remained unchanged for almost half a century.

After moving to Shipley in 1910, where they remained until their cessation in the early 1950s, Scott pioneered such now common two-stroke features as the rotary valve, water-cooling, and telescopic front forks, all before World War I.

The early Scotts were so successful in the sporting sphere that the ACU saw fit to handicap them by multiplying their capacity 1.32 for racing. Despite this they won the 12 and 1913 Senior Isle of Man TT’s and gleefully boasted of their handicap in advertising.

Both 498 and 596 cc versions were catalogued for 1934, with rigid frames and Brampton girder forks. The earlier Binks carburettor had given way to an Amal, which fed the twin-cylinder, water-cooled two-stroke motor.

The two exhaust pipes merged into a single outlet on the left, from which yowled the characteristic exhaust note.

Indeed, many Scott enthusiasts maintain that virtually no two machines were identical, so comprehensive was the range of options, coupled with the factory’s constant modifications and experimentation.

Aerco, a Birmingham concern, purchased the manufacturing rights from the defunct Scott company and produced a swinging-arm version in the late fifties.

Super picture framed in an A4 (29.7 x 21 cm, 12 x 8.3 inch) size frame.

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