Flipper SARL

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Flipper SARL
legal form SARL
founding 1978
resolution 1984
Seat Villejuif
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Pinball I
The front narrow track of the Flipper I.
Pinball II

Flipper SARL was a French manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was part of SEAB (Société d'Etudes et Applications de Brevets). It was founded in 1978 in Villejuif for the production of automobiles. The brand name was Flipper . Roland de la Poype was the designer. Production ended in 1984.

vehicles

The company manufactured micro cars. The body of the first Flipper I model was made of plastic and offered space for two people. There are different details about the dimensions and weights: The vehicle was 244 cm long, 129 cm wide, 140 cm high and weighed 210 kg, according to a source. 200 cm long, 117 cm wide and 139 kg according to another source. A special feature was the narrow track width of the front wheels, which could be rotated 360 degrees. The engine was mounted in the front of the vehicle and drove the front wheels. There was a choice of built-in engines from Sachs with a displacement of 47 cm³ and Motobécane with a displacement of 50 cm³.

The somewhat more conventional Flipper II model followed in 1980 with a wider front track width.

The last model was the open Donky , released in 1981 . It was driven by a Polymécanique motor .

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 1: A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 . (English)
  • René Bellu: Automobilia. Issue 94. Toutes les voitures françaises 1978. Salon 1977. Histoire & Collections, Paris 2009. (French)
  • René Bellu: Automobilia. Issue 84. Toutes les voitures françaises 1979. Salon 1978. Histoire & Collections, Paris 2006. (French)
  • René Bellu: Automobilia. Edition 74. Toutes les voitures françaises 1980. Salon 1979. Histoire & Collections, Paris 2005. (French)
  • René Bellu: Automobilia. Edition 90. Toutes les voitures françaises 1981. Salon 1980. Histoire & Collections, Paris 2008. (French)
  • René Bellu: Automobilia. Edition 80. Toutes les voitures françaises 1982. Salon 1981. Histoire & Collections, Paris 2006. (French)
  • René Bellu: Automobilia. Issue 96. Toutes les voitures françaises 1983. Salon 1982. Histoire & Collections, Paris 2009. (French)

Web links

Commons : Flipper  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
  2. ^ Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
  3. ↑ Bellu: Toutes les voitures françaises 1978.