Brief History of the Marque: Jeecy-Vea
These Belgian-built machines had flat-twin engines of 498 and 688cc
by Coventry-Victor, and Watelet 748cc sidevalve engines. King Albert I
of Belgium rode one of these machines.
22nd August 2005
Michaël Reyntjens
RM2
chello.be
Belgian motorcycle : Motos Jeecy-Vea.... from 1923 to 1927 , watercooled
750cc flat twin from COVENTRY-VICTOR. (Engeland). (see atachment)
Construction of motorcycles (under licence?) by : Jean
WATELET and Jacques VERGOTE de LANTSMEERE ........
in their factory named : Ateliers de la “Bruxelloise
d'Auto- Transport”.
Adress : rue du Frontispice, n° 83.
Brussels Belgium
Sales Shop : rue Defacciz, n° 30.
Brussels Belgium
From 1926 on they changed to small cars (voiture légère
) provided with a watercooled 750cc flat twin, from COVENTRY-VICTOR. (Engeland).
17 Hp at 3500Rpm.
Model : Coventry Climax
Bodywork : Torpedo model, they made even a cabriolet.
Very few were made and the company went bankrupt in 1927
Links :
http://morgan3w.de/rivals/rivals.htm
http://users.senet.com.au/~mitchell/misc/images/hvictor.jpg
http://hometown.aol.co.uk/adequinney/myhomepage/classiccars.html
http://boxermotor.com/boxermotor/coventry-victor/bild.php?img=Coventry-Victor_Midget_1.jpg&id=5
http://www.hillfields.org.uk/History/Car_history/victor.htm
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