At the age of 12 Bruno Rossati began working eleven hour days.
"Now, approaching 91, I find myself reminiscing about my youth, still riding my motorcycle every day.
Letter re Ladetto
Société d'Etudes et Constructions d'Automobiles et Motorcycles in Chambly (65km north of Paris) built bicycle engines from 1951 until 1971. Later they built three-wheelers under the name Addax with Sachs engines, and in 1978 after the firm's acquisition by Jaques Riboud the vehicles were named the Vitrex Addax.
Vitrex
In the mid-70s they marketed the Snuggy microcar which was designed by Autozodiaco and built in Italy where it was sold as the Charly.
Addax by Vitrex of Paris, 1978
Sources: OTTW, fr.wikipedia.org
