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Old 04-18-2016, 02:55 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Even smaller than the Peel, Brutsch Mopetta

At the golden age of microcars, Brutsch built the smallest one, the Mopetta. The single-seater, duh, was a fiberglas-bodied 'boat', powered by a 1-cyl, 2-stroke engine with a pull starter rated at 2.3 hp. It hung on the left side of a ladder frame with trailing arms at the rear and an Earles-type fork (triangulated fork that RISES when braking hard, opposite of telescopic fork) at the front. Five original Mopettas were ultimately built, 14 precise replicas made later.

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