Winget Mechanical Mokes

[charlie]

The following was received via email from an ex employee.
Just to thank those involved in the restoration of Winget. Mechanical Mokes.
As apprentices at Strood we would race with them in the Steel Stock yard.
We would also unload silently the swarf bins collected on a moke lovely Northern labourer [known to us all as Manchester] who collected the swarf bins on a Moke whilst in transit until it was empty on arrival at its destination the engine noise having covered our subterfuge. [We reloaded them for him] Happy Days. John Gilbert. Mechanical Fitter. Now 81.

[trusty220]

I wonder what these Mokes looked like? Does anyone have a picture of one?

[wristpin]

A bit of googling produced quite a lot of info and pictures of a restoration on the Classic Machinery Network around 2007. ( http://www.Classicmachinery.net)
Someone with the right ology may be able to grab an image from there.

[charlie]

There is a photo in the galleries on our website see Winget

[charlie]

Image from the Classic Machinery forum.

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[alan]

A newspaper article from 1950 that mentions the Moke:

Quote: “Called the “Mechanical Moke” the Winget power barrow on view today can turn in its own circle. It is powered by a Jap 2.4 hp air-cooled four-stroke unit and costs a little over £100. This and other models of its type can be used effectively on farms, in factories, warehouses and on docks, as well as for building.”

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[trusty-mad]

Also found some more photos on a old forum post

Restoration of a Winget Mechanical Moke

[will-haggle]

I saw one at Newark in 2010

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