FAC 1953 Advertisement — The F.A.C. light bicycle trailer with double suspension, 60,000 in service

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REMORQUE FAC
légère
DOUBLE SUSPENSION

CATALOGUE SUR DEMANDE

ROUES : indépendantes.
SUSPENSION { à vide, par ressort.
en charge, par barre de torsion.
CHARGE : 100 kilos – Poids : 19 kilos.
VOLUME : spacieux : 730 × 485 × 300
FIXATION : rapide, par rotule.
PNEUS ou BANDAGES 400
LICENCE MICHELIN

plus de
60.000
en service

FAC FRANCE AUTO CYCLE
47, Bould Pasteur, 47, CLERMONT-FERRAND

H.A. FAYE
HAVAS

[A ruled advertisement in black and white. A black band across the top carries the headline “REMORQUE” in very large white rounded capitals, with “FAC” in bold white capitals set against a white outline map of France at its right end, and “légère” in a flowing script and “DOUBLE SUSPENSION” in capitals curving under it. The middle is a cartoon-style line drawing of a smiling young man in a cap and sleeveless undershirt riding a bicycle uphill on a curved road and waving with one hand; behind him a small two-wheeled trailer, joined by a drawbar, carries a wicker-covered demijohn and a large wooden crate and tips on the slope, with a stylized hill and wisps of cloud around. A banner reading “CATALOGUE SUR DEMANDE” runs along the crest of the road. Below the drawing a white box with a ruled edge lists the trailer’s features in spaced capitals and light type, ending with the Michelin license line, while a black wedge at the right carries “plus de 60.000 en service” in slanted script. At the foot a shield-shaped emblem with “FAC” in outlined capitals stands beside “FRANCE AUTO CYCLE” in heavy condensed white capitals on black, with the street address and town in white below. The artist’s signature “H.A. FAYE” is printed in small capitals at the right edge of the drawing, beside the end of the slope, and the word “HAVAS” runs vertically at the lower left of the white box. The final letter of the last line is clipped by the right edge of the crop, and a strip of the neighboring column shows at the right.]

[This advertisement shares page 76 of L’Officiel du cycle with an advertisement for Torpedo, held here as its own record, and one for Chantrieux-Lefèvre.]