Topic: SOLVED: del78 no. 146 by cmetisse: Erad Capucine 2

[del78]

what is this for a point

[del78]

experts time

[cmetisse]

Erad Capucine CE 2.

With this angle, I cannot tell if it is a CE 2/50 (Motobécane 99Z or BCB A40 49 cc engine), a CE 2/50 D (Farymann 290 cc diesel, ugly bulk on the nose) or a CE 2/123 (BCB A51).
I guess it is the first CE 2/50, at the 1980 Paris (car) show.
Rear engine, production by Erad, Aniche, until 1983.

[del78]

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[Wendax]

With this angle, I cannot tell if it is a CE 2/50 (Motobécane 99Z or BCB A40 49 cc engine), a CE 2/50 D (Farymann 290 cc diesel, ugly bulk on the nose) or a CE 2/123 (BCB A51).
I guess it is the first CE 2/50, at the 1980 Paris (car) show.

I agree with you that it probably is a CE 2/50. I don't think it could be a CE 2/50 D, as I think that the diesel model already had the rear hatch like the later CE 3 models (see attached brochure). Although I might be wrong

[Wendax]

Another question: In the announcement for the Erad cars presented at the 1980 Salon, there is a mention of a 125 cc ACME Diesel engine. Was that pure fiction or was it ever realised?

[cmetisse]

I agree with you that it probably is a CE 2/50. I don't think it could be a CE 2/50 D, as I think that the diesel model already had the rear hatch like the later CE 3 models (see attached brochure). Although I might be wrong
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You're absolutely right, Wendax, the diesel had a brand new hatch, like the prettier (!) CE 3/50.

That's another reason to believe this a picture from the 1980 Paris Erad stand. Another interesting (or not !) fact on the 2/50 : first Erad designed by Benoît Contreau. But not his best, though ! 

[cmetisse]

Another question: In the announcement for the Erad cars presented at the 1980 Salon, there is a mention of a 125 cc ACME Diesel engine. Was that pure fiction or was it ever realised?

Erad always had about 1,000 different projects each year ! 
In fact, they did try just about every possible small engines on their cars, but the ACME ADN37 (377 cc), a single cylinder diesel was used on a small serie of the first gen of Utilit, on the short-lived 125 D, that needed a code-knowledge to be driven. I know an old Erad dealer that took one of the first to perform a Paris-Antibes and back with it. Lucky man...
Gateau made a small run of entry version of their Egzo-3 with the same (awfully noisy and shaking !) ACME 377 cc, with the Special (bench seat, all white body, without any black surrounding on bumpers or pillars), that was made road legal as a "sans permis" ! In fact, it was the biggest single-cylinder ever fitted to a true "VSP". 

[Wendax]

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