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Q592 - solved - DD microcar
« on: September 08, 2009, 03:04:36 PM »
What's the name of this car?
« Last Edit: November 14, 2019, 02:59:37 PM by pnegyesi »

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Re: Q592
« Reply #1 on: October 02, 2009, 11:02:49 AM »
Moved up

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Re: Q592
« Reply #2 on: October 04, 2009, 04:35:03 AM »
It is a DD, a french microcar built for colonial markets ( Indochina, Moroccco... ) from 1949 to 1950 ; very few were made.

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Re: Q592
« Reply #3 on: October 06, 2009, 06:50:20 PM »
That's remarkable - I didn't think it would be so easy!

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Re: Q592 - solved - DD microcar
« Reply #4 on: October 27, 2009, 12:14:29 PM »
Any more info, please?

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Re: Q592 - solved - DD microcar
« Reply #5 on: October 27, 2009, 12:39:46 PM »
This appears in the Beaulieu Encyclopedia:

D.D. (VIETNAM/MOROCCO) 1949-1950
Marcel Degant had a plan to replace Vietnamese rickshaws, whose passengers were carried ahead of the driver, with a safer vehicle. He designed the car in France but set up finance to produce the car in Saigon. He hired Louis Descloitre to design a small open three-wheeler powered by a 125cc Jonghi engine, with a single driver up front using handlebars and space for two passengers behind. Only six cars had been built before Degant decamped for Marrakech in Morocco, where a further 36 cars were made. Financial problems caused in part by the alcoholism of Degant ended the project prematurely.
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Re: Q592 - solved - DD microcar
« Reply #6 on: July 28, 2013, 11:40:26 AM »
Two more pictures:

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Re: Q592 - solved - DD microcar
« Reply #7 on: November 14, 2019, 03:10:55 PM »
The small pickup version and a contemporary article
https://rareandunique.media - Rare&Unique Vehicles magazine
http://magyarjarmu.hu - detailed Hungarian motoring history (Hungarian language)
http://automuseums.info - motoring museums' guide