French Mopeds of the 1950s
With offices at 89 rue des Poissonniers, Paris, the machines were manufactured by brothers Paul and André Cointot (sons of Marcel, who began the business). Their first moped was presented at at the Salón de Paris in 1947.
It was the first French machine specifically designed to be equipped with the 48cc OHV Cucciolo T50 engine, and it was also the first French firm - of the long series which followed - to mount this auxiliary engine on a modified bicycle.
This is an early Ducati Cucciolo cyclemotor which, like all French Cucciolos were bespoke creations, top-of-the-range mopeds with limited production.
With its integral petrol tank, the Cointot Freres machine is particularly attractive.
1953 CM 504 model was built between 1953 and 1954 using the T50 Cucciolo engine with a Zenith MS10 carburettor.
The engine was supplied by M. Rocher who licensed a limited number of bicycle manufacturers to fit them to their machines.
Image and text courtesy Phil Aynsley.
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