Planer, saw and moped, all made by Myford.
They brought out attachments for the wood lathe of a planer and saw table, both came to be stand alone units in their own right but I’m not sure how popular or how many were produced.
The moped is a different story and if it wasn’t for one that has survived it could be put down to an old wives tale.
Just after WWII when Myfords came off ministry work and before the ML7 was unveiled, petrol was still rationed and that cause a series of assisted cycles to be produced to get people back to work cheaply.
Myfords development engineer at this time was a Glynn Jones who asked his twin brother Dennis, who had designed and built some home made racing bikes to help with the design.
In typical Rolls Royce trained Dennis fashion he could not turn out a cheap cost cutting machine to sell to the masses.
Dennis’s design, instead of being a simple two stroke finished up as a 50cc twin cylinder.
Talking to Dennis in later years he seems to think 3 or possibly 4 were completed but they were too expensive to produce and compete in those austere times. Only a few years before his death a set of castings and some parts were discovered and machined up to make a working unit.
Over a period of years most of Dennis’s bikes have come back under one roof, now owned by a collector, who’s name escapes me.
The autocycle engine is also in that collection as is the very first scooter ski which Dennis designed and patented.
John S.