Lot 160: 1956 Puch 123cc RL 125 Scooter

Arguably the scooter market peaked in the late 1950s, by when large and small firms alike had taken up the cause; one of its attractions to industrialists was the potentially low-cost notion of a formation of the scooter's main body from but one steel pressing, plus the fact so many components could be located out of sight, functional, and without a cosmetic priority. Puch, one of Austria's largest firms, successfully harnessed the scooter boom with models of 50 and 60cc and, from 1952 on, the top-of-the-range RL 125 - some of which had electric starters, and - whose side-panel shape was surely with by cooperation with Lambretta. Aside from the headlight region the original spec, olive green un-restored scooter has distinctive Italian lines, although making use of larger diameter wheels. Having arrived at the Museum in 1981 it is offered with a selection of Austrian 'paperwork'.