Victor-Albert Bouffort was an aeronautics engineer who took it upon himself to design and build some pretty odd vehicles in the years after WWII.
His only real
success at a vehicle was the Valmobile, a scooter that folded into a suitcase
sized package. Around 100,000 were actually built.
Produced in Japan
and sold worldwide, the 75lb machine was kind of an adaptation of folding bikes
previously only made for military use. Bouffort thought an easily stored
scooter would be embraced by city-dwellers and he was right. Although a lot people bought them for the novelty.
No front suspension and a tiny
motor and wheels meant they were a little scary to ride. But, you could get a
sidecar.
(Info from: oppositelock)
(See also: oldminibikes)
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