Brief History of the Marque: S.M.A.C.
The factory built around 600 motorcycles during the 1920s at 25 Rue
de Fontainebleau, St Etienne. Barry M Jones, author of The Panther Story,
says the machines were probably not built under any licencing agreement
with P&M but may in fact be of German design. (See Sept 2008 entry
below)
The city of St. Étienne was for many years the centre of the
French bicycle industry.
Mon Nov 03 2008
laurentmartinaud<at>orange.fr
Recensement
Smac La Panthère
Bonjour je recense les modèles Smac envoyez numéros
de cadre et moteur
année
Thu Oct 09 2008
hennermayer<at>web.de
S.M.A.C. La Panthere
s.m.a.c. la panthere s.m.a.c. la panthere
i have pictueres of two other models of french panther. i want to get
in contact with owners of pictuers or motorcycle itself.
Karlsruhe Germany
October 2008
Hello. Iv found older brother my SMAC-Panther in Barcelona- model
T-1.Owner-Jesus Sola.Gretings
Mon Sep 22 2008
bjrustic<at>aol.com
P&M Panther - SMAC licence
Hi, I am the author of The Panther Story - (P&M/Panther). The SMAC-Panther
isn't a British P&M/Panther design; it may however be a German Panther
design. I very much doubt P&M would have entered any licencings agreements.
Best wishes,
Barry M Jones
UK
Wed Aug 27 2008
czypor<at>wp.pl
S.M.A.C St. Etienne 175cc 1924-25?
Panther? S.M.A.C
Who know this motor
There is an image of a panther on the tank, with S.M.A.C. St Etienne
underneath it. Ed.
..........
hello.all my informations are only from old mann from France when he
sold his mtorcycle. In the 1924-25/two years/ this model was produced
under Enlish/Panther/ licence in St.Etienne. There was produced about
600 motorcycles.On the benzin tank there is a part of adress this fabric
or garrage- St.Etienne 25 rue de Fog....? I'm not sure but i think
S.M.A.C -its name of firm whitch produced this France version English
Panther.I think it was only assembled in St. Etienne of Engish parts-most
of thread are no metric,carburettor -BHAM England AMAC Ltd,tyres
-England,I live in Poland and internet it's single my way to find
information about my motor. I its single in Poland i suppouse
mayby single in the world? greetings .
Sept 08
Hello.I'v found younger brother of my motorcycle on /The Panther Page
Non-P&M Panthers, on the end of page -France/.There is also S.M.A.C
but it,s to small foto to read all letters on the fuel tank.This
motorcycle was build in 1927 ? -it looks yonger , but technical elements
looks like from one mother. France Panther on the fuel tank is rather
sliping /like my/.I,m waiting to get into touch with his owner .
greetings.
.........
Here is completly adress - "yonger brother"
http://www.pantherownersclub.com/Pantherpage/p-nonpm.html#French
If you have a query about S.M.A.C. Motorcycles, or wish to share some
information about these classic French machines, please contact
us!
