Whaddyacallit #273 - Solved! 1958 Clua 500

[Ray B.]

Ever seen this ?

If you did, please respond below and let us know the make and model of the car posted here.

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[Ray B.]

No pic, I know. I've been warned that my first pic was a repost and I am changing it, but the gremlin is at work... Patience.

[Ray B.]

At last...

[studhamsmudger]

Think it'a a Spanish made Clua

[Ray B.]

You think right, but can you be a little more specific?
This one is yours for 48 hours.

[studhamsmudger]

The Barcelona motorcycle company Construcciones Metálicas Clua marketed its Clua model from 1955 to 1960 with bodywork designed by Pedro Serra.

[Ray B.]

I had it as a 1958 Clua 500, but you seem to know more than me.

[Wendax]

A brochure:

[gte4289]

Please identify this car for a point.

[gte4289]

Experts?

[luisps]

Spanish CLUA

[gte4289]

Spanish CLUA

Well done!

[Wendax]

Merged

[luisps]

Thanks gte for the point, the Clua bodywork by Serra was initially presented at the Barcelona Trade Fair in June 1956 offering two-stroke mechanics but its production was not started until 1958 with a two-cylinder, flat, four-stroke engine and only of 500 c.c. capacity. Of the 100 units estimated to have been produced, only the existence of 4 is known, two of them restored, although apparently only one has the original mechanics.