The Digest | New Jersey Magazine
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I nitially, H.F.S. intended the Runabout be for personal use, but aer receiving assistance from an engineering master at Malvern College, he felt encouraged to put the car into production. It was later revealed for the first time to the public in 1910 at the Olympia motorcycle show in London. e very next year, he unveiled a two-seat Runabout with wheel steering and a hood. is would spark major commercial interest, including attention from the managing director of Harrods. e two-seat Runabout remains the only car to ever appear in the shop window of the famous store. What brought the brand its biggest success at that time, however, was when the Morgan family began racing the Runabout in cyclecar competitions throughout Europe. By 1913, the Runabout had gained more awards for reliability and speed than any other car of its kind—including those with four wheels. Its most significant victory came when W.G. McMinnies, the editor of the "Cyclecar" magazine, raced in and won the International Cyclecar Grand Prix at Amiens in France. is led to a new Morgan model called the "Grand Prix," and due to the increase in demand, forced the company to move their factory to a location with more land. e plot on Pickersleigh Road still remains as the site of the present-day factory, just a quarter of a mile away from the Morgan's original workshop. V U E N J . C O M 102