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12911930 Scott 596cc Sprint SpecialRegistration no. SC 6509Frame no. 20Engine no. DPZ 41061Colerne Park 27 May, 1979.2Scott Vintage Race of the Year,Standard Class, Mallory Park,c.1973.3Dennis Howard, 1960s.The Sprint Special was probably the most exciting and desirablemachine ever built at Scott’s Shipley factory. The combination of thequick engine from the TT Replica model in a much lighter set of cycleparts derived from the speedway machine resulted in a fast machinewith superb handling. Ixion, possibly the finest motorcycle journalistof them all, wrote up his 1930 test machines in The MotorCycle ofJanuary 8th 1931. He said this about the Sprint Special:“The Sprint model’s spiritual home is the open road, whereon she willaverage just about as high a speed as anything on wheels can hope toachieve”.This genuine Sprint Special was despatched on May 20th 1930 toHallams of Birmingham. Since 1969 it has been in the ownership ofone of the most highly regarded Scott enthusiasts, a past Presidentof the Scott Owners Club. The single downtube frame as used onSprint Specials (and subsequently on other Scott models prior to there-introduction of the duplex frame), has occasionally been known tofail where the downtubes enter the headstock. Dennis Howard, theprevious owner, had ongoing problems in this area, and indeed theframe was fractured when he sold the machine, in a dismantled stateand without an engine, to the current owner back in the late 1960s.In the course of re-assembly the frame was repaired by brazing on agusset which reinforced the area in question. That was about 45 yearsago and the frame has been 100% sound ever since. Dennis retainedthe original registration number YX 8764 and the bike was reregisteredSC 6509 which had previously adorned another Scott in the vendors’collection. Engine no. DPZ 4106 (596cc) was fitted at that time andhas given exemplary (and rapid!) service. The crankcase dates from1935 but is fitted with the correct blind head barrel of a vintage Scott.Over the 46 years in the current ownership this machine has beenused extensively on the road, for vintage racing (it won the VMCCstandard class championship in 1971), and has regularly been sprintedat such venues as Colerne, Bovingdon, Cornbury, and North Weald. Itis a wonderfully versatile machine and has been used in the BanburyRun straight after a sprint with no modifications. In 2008 the Scottsustained significant cosmetic damage when a car crashed into thetrailer on which it was being transported. This resulted in the fitting ofa new radiator, new exhaust pipe and manifold, and repairs and newpaintwork to the tanks and rear mudguard. The oil supply is via thedrip feed system and this has proved totally reliable over the years.Dave Minton’s roadtest of this Sprint Special was published in the May1972 issue of Motor Cyclist Illustrated. He wrote:“Why in Heaven’s name men scrabble around after cammy Velos,Nortons, Broughs and what-have-you, when there is stuff like thisaround, eludes me.”A copy of this roadtest is included in the sale as are a scrapbook withmany photographs, the owner’s technical notes, 31 old tax discs, andabout 40 old MoT certificates dating back to 1970. The reason for the“POTTY SPRINT” stamping on the oil tank strap and the presenceof the miniature chamber pot on the oil tank cap is that the vendor’snickname is Potty. Most of his Scotts are adorned with a miniaturepotty similar to the one illustrated.£10,000 - 14,000€14,000 - 20,00070 | the spring stafford saleBidders must satisfy themselves as to the description and condition of each lotprior to bidding. All lots are sold “as is/where is” with all defects and faults.