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A Brief History of the Marque

Early Kerry machines were built in Belgium by Sarolea using FN and Kelecom engines, and were sold in England by the East London Rubber Company of Shoreditch from 1902 to 1906, after which they were built by Abingdon using 499cc sv singles and 670cc sv V-twin engines until 1915.

The Kerry marque reappeared at the end of the 1950s selling rebranded Italian scooters and mopeds, earning the company the dubious laurel of the longest production hiatus between models. Sources differ on the dates of these, the range being 1958 to 1966, but the start date appears to be July 1960 with a rebadged Testi named the Kerry Capitano with a Minarelli 2 speed engine. These were considerably more powerful than any of the competition from Norman, Phillips and NSU, and they achieved almost overnight success. The machine's finish was rather another story.

1961 saw the introduction of the three-speed Capitano De Luxe Scooterette, a rebadged Testi Economic, followed by the Gran Prix Sports model in 1963 which had kickstart and no pedals.

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