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r000 The origins 19XX of this Make venerable Model company lie in the somewhat strange field
estimate: $000 000 - $000 000
of bobsledding. Soon after the turn of the century, Don José Manuel
offered without reserve
de armangué was building wheeled bobsleds for use in his hot, dry
country. He began fitting JaP motors for the return trip up the hill.
His cyclecars were very successful in the cyclecar boom years of the
teens and twenties, and he produced a wide range of lightweights
with various four-cylinder motors, including an ingenious 16-speed
transmission. Taxi bodies were being fitted to some cars and, after the
cyclecars were finished, and after the accidental death of its founder,
the company sold Citroën 10 horsepower Landaulet taxis. During the
Spanish Civil War, many Citroëns were converted by David to electric
power due to gas shortages.
It was a changed world in 1950, and the reorganized company offered
a range of small three-wheelers, which were advertised “not as a car
with one less wheel, but as a motorcycle with one more wheel.” The
first body style had the rear wheels and separate fenders outside of
the body, with headlamps integrated into the nose, while the second
series enclosed the wheels entirely, and the headlamps were situated
manufacturer independently Manufacturer on the front bumper. This production was the most # commonly seen
origin version, and City, it was Country built as a trio of typically ID no. Spanish # body styles, from
motor open-sided runabouts motor (the Torpedo) to displacement woody station cc wagons (the
Rubia), power to minitrucks hp (the Tricamioneta). length mm
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