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1962 PUCH Moped Model MS 50 VD

'The Nomad'

The MS 50 VD. Now there's a catchy name for you.

I can see why they renamed it the Nomad in English-speaking countries.

Frame number 7800268

Engine number 7800268

V5C Registration Document

Registration 737 UXU

1st registered in UK: 11th December 1962

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Puch, a Phenomenon in History:

Who didn't heard of it or didn't ride one of these? When Johann Puch decided to start his own company, they were only focused on building motorcycles. But in the early fifties, Puch discovered a new market, the moped. Soon, this Austrian factory made their first example, named the Steyr-Daimler-Puch MS 50, today better known as baby-Puch because it's the first version and has a rather fragile and small body. Real Puch-freaks swear here the year counting started.

In the beginning sales didn't go very well and seemed that nobody was waiting for such a new innovative product. But more and more, mopeds were becoming a new sort of cult, a new way of living and fitted really great in the new ideas of that time. Puch was on the right place at the right time.

Because Puch was a European company, it first conquered Europe, but soon it also penetrated the worldmarket. Many export-models were shipped all over the world. Even when Tomos made an exact copy of the Puch MV 50 model, it didn't strucle the original.

Unfortunately nothing is forever, because a lot of other companies smelled money and made their own interpretations of the moped, resulting in a great scala of different brands and models. Besides that, governments in many countries restricted the use of mopeds, like wearing helmets, decrease of maximum horsepower, etc.

At the end, this was too much for Puch, the innovative factory got broke in the late eighties. The brand Puch is still in use for commercial goals, but we as real Puch-riders know this isn't the Puch we love. Real Puch mopeds are from the 50s, 60s and 70s. And we will let the world know!

- translation from Puch Mopeds Online

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1962 PUCH NOMAD MOPED Model MS 50 VD

In 1962, the Austrian company Puch offered two models in the UK, the slightly more upmarket 59cc Cheetah ‘Scooterette’ which sold for £99 17/- 6d, and this model, the bog-standard 50cc MS 50 Nomad, for £82 10/-

Despite its bog-standardness, it’s a very attractive little machine, pretty enough and different enough to elicit curious glances wherever you go.

According to the chassis plate, this model is a MSVD. My research reveals that the MS 50 V model was imported from 1960 onwards. The Nomad model that replaced it, the VS50, was imported from November 1964.

You may be familiar with the later Puch mopeds such as the Maxi, but these late 50’s/ early 60’s models have now become very scarce. The above translation declares, in no uncertain terms, that Puch were the first company to introduce mopeds to the world, and that the MS50 is the original, real moped!

So …a moped with a pedigree!

To sum up this particular one in a nutshell, so you know what you’re buying:

1. It’s in good running order, though it’s been laid-up for 2 years (the previous owner gave up riding). Prior to that, he used it regularly and it covered several thousand miles a year.

2. It is in very sound original unrestored condition. Such a description can often cover a multitude of rusty sins: here you are getting a sound bike that has not yet had the ‘treatment.’ That is becoming increasingly rare, as we are all constantly restoring our prides and joys. But this one is still waiting for you to lavish time and caring on it, to bring it back to how it would have looked 44 years ago when it was on sale for £82 10/-

...Or, better still, to leave it as it is - 'in its own juice,' as they say in France.

3. The paint is faded, shocker chrome is pitted. New tyres; good saddle; good mudguards and tinware; good wheels; good exhaust.

4. It was taxed and MOT'd until December 2006. I bought it 2 years ago (the photos were taken over a year ago, when I still had that silly pink Beetle). I can’t see anything that it would fail a test on, but I have only given it a quick once-over.

Essentially, it is sound and complete and would make an ideal first classic vehicle for someone who prefers a mount that is easy to maintain and ride. It's a great bike to take to shows and rallies this summer. Puch enjoy an enviable reputation for build-quality and reliability, and you can still get parts for them from Austria.

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Puch's Famous Pin-Up Advertising Posters

Over the years, Puch cornered the market in pin-up posters to advertise their products.

The fifties posters are quite glorious...

There was obviously little point having a pin-up provocatively posed on the Puch 125cc Laro 3-Wheeler Utility model...

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