The Messerschmitt Owners’ Club has an unbroken history stretching back to 1956, in the days when our members were able to buy new Messerschmitts and use them as daily transport. Formed largely for social purposes around regular meets and a magazine, the club’s ethos gradually changed after the cars
went out of production in 1964 and spare parts supply started to become a problem.
In the early 1970s, a small group of members lent money to the Club enabling it to buy engine spares that were about to be scrapped by Sachs. From this small beginning the Partsmart service grew under the guidance of Les Tilbury and later Helga Bonner, until we have reached the point that there are very few parts that the Club cannot supply to its members immediately. Work continues behind the scenes to remanufacture parts or obtain suitable substitute parts from proprietary sources. Many important parts have been improved to take advantage of developments in technology over the last 50 years. A good example of this is the crankshaft for the Sachs 200 engine which is re-manufactured using a steel con-rod with needle roller small end bearing to replace the original aluminium rod with plain small end bush. This gives enhanced service life and reliability without affecting the look or driving characteristics of the engine.
In 2005, the MOC became a limited company. MOC Ltd is a company whose liabilities are limited by guarantee.
