Description
H&H Classic Auction @ National Motorcycle Museum | Solihull, West Midlands
30th Oct, 2024 13:00
1931 Coventry Eagle Marvel
Estimate
£1, 000 - £1, 500
Registration No: UB 8339
Frame No: Not visible
MOT: Exempt
Current ownership since 1981
An older 1980s restoration
Retrieved from a collection stored in a barn's attic
Established in 1897 as a manufacturer and formerly known as Hotchkiss, Mayo and Meek at Hill Cross Works, Coventry; when Hotchkiss died and John Meek left the company, it came under the control of Edmund Mayo and Bernard Rotherham and moved to Lincoln Street becoming the Coventry Eagle Cycle Co. The company produced motorcycles between 1899 and 1940. The most basic model was the 98cc Marvel. Other model names were Wonder and Eclipse, most in a pressed steel frame format.
This Coventry Eagle Marvel has been in the late owner's custodianship since at least 1981 and restored by him and his son back in the 1980s, when it was entered into rally events and similar shows. The Marvel has not been used for many years and was placed in the attic of a barn with the rest of his collection. An old RF60 continuation logbook, old style V5 and a V5C are present, along with literature about the Marvel and a genuine hard to find sales catalogue.
