SEAB (Societe d'Exploitation et d'Application des Brevet) was a manufacturer of plastic asr bodies and microcars. It was located in Villejuif, Paris.[1]
SEAB Flipper and Donky Microcars
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Flipper 1 -
Flipper II
Between 1978 and 1984 SEAB manufactured the Flipper microcar. There were three versions. The Flipper 1 made from 1978 to 1980, the Flipper II from 1980 till production ceased in 1984, and the Donky, which had no doors, roof, or windshield. There was a third version of the Flipper, the Flipper III, made in 1984 but this did not go into production before the company ceased business.[1]
The Flipper 1 was a front engine, front-wheel drive microcar. Powered by an air-cooled 47cc Sachs Adlx two-stroke engine through a 2 speed automatic transmission. It did not have a reverse gear because the steering turned 360 degrees.[1]
Both the Flipper's were designed to meet France's unlicensed driver (voitures sans permis) rules The rules at the time allowed anyone over 14 without a drivers licence to drive cars meeting a set specification which included having a pedal power option like a bicycle in the style of a moped.[2]
SEAB manufactured the bodies for the Citroen Mehari.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d SEAB Flipper I 1978, retrieved 16 July 2021
- ^ What It's Like To Drive A Plastic Box That Spins And Pretends To Be A Car, Jason Torchinsky, 26 November 2017 11:20AM, retrieved 28 September 2021