Stella Motos & Mopeds

A Brief History of the Marque

Established 1909 in Nantes as a bicycle company.
21 Chausee de la Madeleine Nantes.

Cyclomoteurs of the 50s include:

Type N° 1 B, ABG VAP two-stroke 49.9cc
Type N° 549 VAP 55
Type N° 550 Junior Le Poulain 49.9cc
Type N° 553 Vap 55/3
In the 1950s they also built the rather attractive Isoflex lightweights, and sold Sterva scooters under the Stella marque.

Stella bicycles were acclaimed, and Louison Bobet won Le Tour on a Stella in 1953.

There were several other Stella motorcycles including a German machine built in the late 1950s, an Italian Stella by Max Turkenheimer, another built in Treviso, and an American Stella.
See Stella Marques

Sources: JLB Creations, cyclememory.org

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