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Built in 1929 around a lowered chassis, it is unique in that it has a chain drive, no differential ("which is useless, otherwise you have to lock the wheels in the bends", according to its designer!), and brakes only on the front wheels (because with rear brakes, "there are major risks of locking up in races")! Depending on the regulations and the races in which it was entered, Bergamotte received one (or two! ) twin cylinder 2-stroke 350cc Harrisard or a big Jap 500cc "alcohol" single cylinder engine, which was probably stolen from her in the 1990s... Besides Toul-Nancy, the Circuit de Lorraine, the Routes Pavées or the Grand Prix de la Montagne, in Germany, where it was timed at 136 km/h, Bergamotte was entered in the Bol d'Or in 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1947 and 1948, most often with Louis-Auguste behind the wheel, and numerous class victories (1930, 1931, 1932 and 1947). Perfectly restored, with traces of its glorious past, this car, today powered by a 500cc Triumph T120 motorbike engine, in the spirit of the era, is just waiting to hit the road, and the track.
