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Automoto

Everything Ebykr holds on Automoto: five articles, a Timeline of 27 dated events from 1889 to 1962 and 30 documents in the archive.

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Automoto in the Articles library

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Build sheet

Tech Specs: 1930s Automoto 650B Road/Path

The build sheet of an unrestored 1930s Automoto 650B road and path bicycle: Gloria rod brakes, ballon fenders, a rear rack and a 1937 registration plate.

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Build sheet

Tech Specs: 1948 Automoto Concours Sportif

The build sheet of a chromed 1948 Automoto Concours Sportif show bicycle: hand-cut lugs, clover fork inserts, a Huret three-speed and an Idéale saddle.

41 photographs1 min read

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Cycles Automoto Poster Gallery

All 16 Cycles Automoto posters from 1899 to 1950, by Mich, Roger Broders, Cappiello, Lajos Marton and others, each transcribed in the Poster Archive.

17 images2 min read

In the archive30 Automoto documents, read whole and page by page: 18 posters, six catalogs and six advertisementsOpen the archive

Across Ebykr

Where Automoto is named outside its own pages: four articles, one build sheet and four archive documents from two other makers and two publications.

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The articles that name Automoto most often first.

  1. Two Wheels and a Lion: The Complete History of Cycles Peugeot

    …members of the La Sportive consortium in 1919. Other core members included: Alcyon, Automoto, Clément, Hurtu-Gladys, Liberator, and La Française. This collective of rival manufacturers pooled their resources…

    HistoryNamed twice

  2. Terrot: Forging the Way

    …of Peugeot, which took control in May 1958 and moved motorcycle production to the Automoto factory at Saint-Étienne in January 1959. Indenor specialized in the manufacture of diesel engines and not bicycles…

    HistoryNamed twice

  3. Terrot History: A Timeline of Key Corporate and Technical Events

    …the diesel-engine subsidiary of Peugeot, which moves motorcycle production to the Automoto factory at Saint-Étienne in January 1959. 1961 · Production Milestone · In-house Terrot production halts, with a…

    TimelineNamed twice

  4. Cycles Mercier History: The Ultimate Guide from Méca Dural to Poulidor

    …manufacturing industry and the country's Industrial Revolution. Bicycle makers like Automoto, component makers like Stronglight and materials suppliers like Ateliers de la Rive (Vitus) operated out of the…

    HistoryNamed once

Build sheets 1

Bicycles in the Tech Specs database that name Automoto.

Archive documents 4

Filed under other makers and publications whose words name Automoto; the biggest share first.

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