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r000 It is difficult 19XX to imagine, Make from Model our present perspective, how different the
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post-war years were in France. Horse-drawn wagons and carts were
offered without reserve
everywhere. The innovative wood or charcoal gas converters towed
on trailers behind motorized vehicles were still very much a feature of
everyday traffic. a great many of the superlative French pre-war cars
had been destroyed or commandeered by the occupying forces, and
only a fraction, perhaps hidden in haystacks and barns, survived the
war. These were “The Grey Years.”
Mochet’s minimalist vehicles were a welcome addition to this
landscape. First to enter the scene was the motorized pedal car, the
Type H, which became the all-metal Type K. This evolved into the classic
Mochet Roadster, the CM-125. But the pleasantly antiquated lines of
the popular model needed updating in order to compete. also, the new
order required a small, inexpensive, commercial vehicle, as the popular
vespa ape was demonstrating so well in Italy.
So it was no surprise that Mochet introduced two
new models alongside the CM-125 Luxe in the
fall of 1952, the CM-125 Commerciale and
the pontoon-bodied CM-125 Grand Luxe. The
Commerciale was a longer, slightly more heavyduty
version of the CM-125 Luxe. The body was
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