Saturday, July 03, 2021

this is adorable, it's a 1956 Paul Valee micro car

 
there were only 200 of these 3 wheel microcars built, made by a mechanical shop called S.I.C.R.A.F ( Société Industrielle de Constructions et de Réparation des Automobiles françaises which means Industrial Company of Construction and Repair of french Automobiles) founded by Paul Vallée. 

 The car appeared for the first time at the Paris Salon in 1955 but with only 1 headlight steel tube windshield frame, molded-in front bumper, and sharply cut-off tail and after that it was another headlight, a fiberglass windshield frame, aluminum bumpers and more rounded tail. 

The engine was an 125cc Ydral 2 stroke single cylinder with only 6hp making the car capable of reaching a top speed of 75km/h (47 mph). 

Unfortunately the death of M.Vallée in 1957 ended production

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