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1837 - MOCHET VELOCAR, 1930s, Mochet Vélocar, two-seater roadster, manufactured near Paris in the 1920s–1940s, already restored, with electric headlights (not connected) as well as a battery-powered taillight and reflectors, approx. 220 × 130 cm, includes the original catalog “Pour Construire Soi-Même” with instructions and construction drawings from the 1930s and 1940s — Charles Mochet developed the Vélocar as a pedal-powered light vehicle and manufactured these four-wheeled designs in France beginning in the 1920s; they served as a practical alternative to the automobile and were widely used, particularly during the interwar period. Vélocars also gained significance in sports when Mochet developed recumbent bicycles based on them, which set speed records before this design was banned from racing
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MOCHET VELOCAR, 1930s, Mochet Vélocar, two-seater roadster, manufactured near Paris in the 1920s–1940s, already restored, with electric headlights (not connected) as well as a battery-powered taillight and reflectors, approx. 220 × 130 cm, includes the original catalog “Pour Construire Soi-Même” with instructions and construction drawings from the 1930s and 1940s — Charles Mochet developed the Vélocar as a pedal-powered light vehicle and manufactured these four-wheeled designs in France beginning in the 1920s; they served as a practical alternative to the automobile and were widely used, particularly during the interwar period. Vélocars also gained significance in sports when Mochet developed recumbent bicycles based on them, which set speed records before this design was banned from racing
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Automobilia Auction, November 2026 - Part 2Auction house
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