Motobécane D45S - c.1950 Frame number : 582250 Engine number: 582627 125cc 4-stroke engine with side valves, 3 foot-operated gears. Certainly the best-known model of post-war French production, the queen of the popular models in its famous brown and beige livery. Preserved in its original paint, sold by agent CH.Grateau of Saint-Jean d'Angély in the 1950s, engine not blocked, to be restored. No registration certificate. Following a period of downtime, the bikes, mopeds, scooters and motorcycles in this collection are to be restored or put back into service before use, and sold without a technical inspection. Boisseau - Pomez does not guarantee the possibility of obtaining a new registration certificate for the lot concerned.

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