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r000 Egon 19XX Brütsch was Make a tireless, Model energetic inventor and constructor
estimate: $000 000 - $000 000
of automobile prototypes. He was a passionate believer in the new
offered without reserve
fiberglass material and felt that the cheapest method of car construction
was to join two half-body shells along the centerline. He decided that
he would build the world’s smallest car for the 1956 IFMa (International
Bicycle and Motorcycle Exhibition) in Frankfurt.
The prototype Mopetta body was apparently created overnight. He did
have time to fit wheels for the IFMa show, but as the mechanicals were
as yet absent, it was hung high up on the stand, away from prying eyes,
and it managed to create a great deal of interest from several countries.
after the show, he set about making the little vehicle work, fitting a
50-cubic centimeter Ilo motor with a pull-starter on the outside left of a
short ladder frame with trailing arms at the rear and an Earles-type fork
at the front. Ever the promoter, Brütsch attempted to market it as a boat.
Georg von opel, a member of the opel family but not the business,
tried to market it as the opelit, to no avail. Five cars went to England,
with most selling through MPHW Sales. This example is part of a run
manufacturer of 14 replicas Manufacturer that were eventually built by production the highly-respected # Bittners
origin brothers after City, a two-year Country process of painstakingly ID no. gathering # all of the
motor correct parts, motor including the engine, controls, displacement and frame. cc
power hp length mm
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