1966 Raleigh Runabout
No Reserve

Registration No: HYB 936D
Frame No: 6R60360
MOT: Exempt

• Offered from a large private motorcycle collection
• A supremely well-preserved and original example
• Engine turns over with compression

Raleigh, more famous for manufacturing bicycles, introduced their first moped in the 1950s with an engine designed by Vincento Piatti, the Mini-Motor designer. The company became part of the Tube Investments Group in 1960, meaning that Raleigh, Norman, Phillips and Hercules all fell under the same ownership umbrella. The obvious course of action was to rationalise their four moped ranges into one common series, so it was decided to license the Mobylette design produced by Motobécane in France. A stop-gap based on the Sachs-engined Norman Nippy was sold in Ireland until the Mobylette-based models were ready. From then, Raleigh, Phillips and Norman mopeds were effectively re-badged Mobylettes, while Raleigh first applied the 'Runabout' name to the RM6, which was built in various versions from May, 1963, until February, 1971, when production of all Raleigh mopeds ceased.

This 1966 Runabout is in remarkably well-preserved, original condition, and looks to have only ever been lightly used. Having spent several years as an exhibit in a large private collection, it has not been run recently and will require some recommissioning, but the engine turns over with compression. Sadly, there are no documents with this lot and the number plate does not appear in a DVLA search.

For more information, please contact:
Mike Davis
mike.davis@handh.co.uk
07718 584217