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Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Nostalgia
From: Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2020 20:17:43 +0100
We had them in Denmark too during my teenage years in the 1970s. You did not 
have to mix the gasoline and oil. All mopeds had 2-stroke engines, and gas 
stations had a stand with pre-mixed fuel. The Velosolex was considered a moped 
for girls; no self-respecting male teenager would ever be seen on one.

Cheers,
Nathan

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> On 27 Oct 2020, at 16:38, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>     Way back in the early 60's when I lived in France my mother would do 
> grocery shopping in the open markets riding a Solex moped.  One of those 
> showed up on evilBay a couple of days ago:
> 
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/50536383513/in/dateposted-public/
> 
>     These things had a two-stroke engine, and you had to mix the oil and 
> gasoline yourself.  Every morning when people went to work there would be a 
> blue cloud along the streets as people went about on these.  Fortunately they 
> did not use castor oil, as with the Le Rhone rotary aircraft engines in WWI.
> 
> Chris
> 
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