Solex was known for its Vélosolex for sure - It was a kind of French cheap
version of Vespa. But is was light and it had front wheel drive my friend :-)
However, the company was also manufacturing carburetors.
I quote Wiki : Solex carburetors were widely used by many European makers[1]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solex_Carburetor#cite_note-1> and under license
to Mikuni <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikuni_(company)> in Asia until the
mid-1980s when fuel injection <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_injection>
was widely adopted. Among the European companies who used Solex carburetors
were: Rolls-Royce Motors <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Motors>,
Alfa Romeo <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfa_Romeo>, Fiat
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat>, Audi
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audi>, Ford
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford>, BMW <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW>,
Citroën <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citro%C3%ABn>, Opel
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opel>, Simca
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simca>, Saab
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saab_Automobile>, Renault
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault>, Peugeot
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peugeot>, Lancia
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancia>, Land Rover Series
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_Rover_Series>, Lada
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lada>, Mercedes Benz
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes_Benz>, Volvo
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvo>, Volkswagen
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen>, and Porsche
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche>.
After some ups and down, the brand is still active as this piece of recent news
may attest.
https://www.entreprendre.fr/solex-la-celebre-marque-francaise-ne-doit-son-salut-qua-la-volonte-dun-homme-gregory-trebaol/
And here are today’s products
https://solex.world/marque
No longer need to buy Solexine, the ready made two-strokes mix that best fitted
the engine
Good memories you’ve brought up here, thanks
Amities
Philippe
> Le 27 oct. 2020 à 16:38, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
>
> Way back in the early 60's when I lived in France my mother would do
> grocery shopping in the open markets riding a Solex moped. One of those
> showed up on evilBay a couple of days ago:
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/50536383513/in/dateposted-public/
>
> These things had a two-stroke engine, and you had to mix the oil and
> gasoline yourself. Every morning when people went to work there would be a
> blue cloud along the streets as people went about on these. Fortunately they
> did not use castor oil, as with the Le Rhone rotary aircraft engines in WWI.
>
> Chris
>
> When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
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