PART THREE - SIGNIFICANCE

The most rewarding thing for me in researching the Scott Bonnar Company was in the discovery
of another Scott Bonnar company: the original one, run by Mr Scott Bonnar, as sole proprietor
and owner.

Scott ran this business, first at Young Street, and then at Bloor Court, both in Adelaide's
CBD. He did this from 1916 to 1919. Of course, none of this was ever mentioned in Malcolm
Bonnar's Memoirs, nor was it known to leading authorities on the Scott Bonnar Company. This
'first phase' of the Scott Bonnar story will be told in future posts.

This machine is of utmost importance to the Scott Bonnar story. It was Scott Bonnar's first
product and it shows, right from a young age, his inventiveness and engineering ability
as "Sole maker and patentee". That he did this at such a young age is quite extraordinary:-

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This must have been a successful machine. Scott sold this machine from his premises.
That tradition would be carried on with the 1920 Scott Bonnar company, who also sold direct
from their showrooms for many years.

By 1919, Scott's advertisements said the Lightning was "Obtainable from all leading houses."
This can only mean that Mr Scott Bonnar's first product was a success - a greased Lightning!

The rest is history.

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