Mochet Abeille velocar, 1948 (self-built)

targhediferro · January 07, 2013, 01:26:27 AM

Molla 1922

kwgibbs · January 07, 2013, 07:49:15 AM

mouette 1923?

grobmotorix · January 07, 2013, 11:34:43 AM

No and no.

The company is not really unknown to friends of small cars.

kwgibbs · January 07, 2013, 12:15:07 PM

motobloc?

grobmotorix · January 07, 2013, 12:20:43 PM

No.

targhediferro · January 07, 2013, 02:32:37 PM

Mauve?

kwgibbs · January 07, 2013, 04:00:10 PM

motobecane?

grobmotorix · January 07, 2013, 05:09:16 PM

No and no.

targhediferro · January 08, 2013, 01:38:38 AM

Max, 1925?...not so many chances yet!

kwgibbs · January 08, 2013, 09:06:57 AM

michel irat?

grobmotorix · January 08, 2013, 11:59:28 AM

No and no.

The make has 14 hits at autopuzzles´ search engine and three cars of the are presented as puzzles, yet (without mine...).

nicanary · January 08, 2013, 12:30:28 PM

Have we had Mouchet?

grobmotorix · January 08, 2013, 12:34:01 PM

I think you thought of Mochet.

YES!

LOCKED for you!

targhediferro · January 09, 2013, 12:52:54 AM

Sorry, I know you locked it, but I think you were wrong when you said the name of this car begins with "M", (this has turned me to exclude the correct answer) and, I think it's a mistake to say the mistery car is a Mochet, as this firm appeared just in 1947. So I don't want to score anyway a point, but please check what Charles Mochet did in 1924.

grobmotorix · January 09, 2013, 01:25:37 AM

I can only tell you, that I saw the car myself,
that the detail shot of the identification plate belongs to this car
and that it is a picture of it in the internet, too.

Unfortunately the owner of the car was not available at this day I made the photos.

Hopefully we will find out more than just Mochet and its model name...

Open for all again.

targhediferro · January 09, 2013, 01:42:58 AM

I suppose the car is a C.M., firm that Charles Mochet founded in St.Quentin, Seine, in 1923. Until 1924 they produced only pedal car, than provided it with a 350 CMC. I took this I formations from G.N.Georgano Encyclopedia. I too tried to call Mons.Mochet on the phone, but I'm afraid He's out.

nicanary · January 09, 2013, 05:33:00 AM

This is all very strange - my entry of "Mouchet" was of course supposed to be Mochet, but even so it was just a guess with no investigation on my part.

Now I have looked at the entries in Georgano the idea that it was built by CM or Mochet seems unlikely. It is far too big to be a converted pedal car, and looks more like a cut-down small sports-car of the late 20s/30s. The wire wheels especially look very 30s. It is nothing like any of Mochet's regular production models of whatever era.

Maybe someone has fixed his plate to another "homemade" car?

targhediferro · January 09, 2013, 11:03:01 AM

I think what Nicanary says is really agreeable...

targhediferro · January 09, 2013, 11:09:22 AM

The only image I found of C.M. is hardly similar to the object of the quiz...so I think that's a one-off eventually based on a CM, but I've no further proves.

mekubb · March 14, 2013, 09:15:03 AM

Time to move this one up to the Pro's ? May be they can tell us more

grobmotorix · March 15, 2013, 01:06:54 PM

Up!

grobmotorix · April 11, 2013, 12:10:10 PM

Black hole >>>

Wendax · May 03, 2013, 05:29:15 PM

I came across some more pictures without any additional information but the Mochet Velocar sign:

grobmotorix · May 03, 2013, 06:08:42 PM

LOCKED for you!

This is exactly the car.

And its name can be read on the cooler mask...

grobmotorix · May 03, 2013, 06:26:22 PM

I can imagine, that this is a one-off, using just the Mochet plate to legalize it in a way.
No modern technical engineer will know an original Mochet, really.

This one here was rear engined, but I can´t tell if it´s a original Mochet design:

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Mochet Abeille velocar, 1948 (self-built)