Galba (automobile)

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Galba
Founded1929
Defunct1930
Headquarters,
Key people
Marcel Violet
Products Automobiles (Voiturettes)

Galba was a French automobile produced by a company created for the purpose between 1929 and 1930. [1]

Marcel Violet, who had previously created the Sima-Violet cyclecar, founded a new company registered as the Société Sylla at Courbevoie on the northern side of Paris, and immediately announced his introduction of the Galba in the spring of 1929. [2] It was one in a succession of cars designed by Violet, a respected automobile engineer with a particular specialism in two-stroke engines. [1]

The only model was a small "voiturette" automobile that sat on a 2,250 mm (88.6 in) wheelbase and was powered by a 2-stroke twin cylinder engine of 564cc. [1] [2] The power unit was fitted at the front of the car and drove the rear wheels via a two speed transmission and a shaft-drive. [1]

Despite a long gestation period, the Galba proved short-lived. [2] By October 1930 Marcel Violet was already producing the Huascar, a voiturette very similar to the Galba which was indeed produced at the same Courbevoie factory, but which had a slightly larger engine and was produced by a new company called "Voiturettes Huascar". [1] [2]

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Sources and notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Georgano, Nick (1968). The Complete Encyclopaedia of Motorcars 1885-1968. London: George Rainbird Ltd for Ebury Press Limited. p. 238.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Automobilia". Toutes les voitures françaises 1929 (salon [Oct] 1928). Paris: Histoire & collections. Nr. 84s: Page 70. 2006.

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