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| MEAN / LIBERTA |
Type |
Info |
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| SONORA |
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| 1966-
(20) |
| Renault
or Simca |
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| Coupé |
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2 seats |
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This was a fiberglass sports car with mid-engine. If our information is
right : 20 copies were produced. |
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| BARQUETTE |
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| 1970-
(85) |
| Renault
or Simca |
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| Coupé |
| 2
seats |
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|
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| FUN CAR |
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| Renault
or Simca |
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| Basic |
| 2 seats |
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The least what can be said about the Fun Car is that it was a very original
buggy which didn't rely on VW-parts. The mechanical components came from a
Renault (R8, R10) or Simca (1000). Also the design tried to break with the
rounder lines of the buggies as were made in America. And that's exactly the
reason why the company promoted this vehicle as "a European alternative for
the buggy". Approximately 400 Fun Cars were built. |
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| SPORTS CAR |
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| Renault
or Simca |
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| Sport |
| 2 seats |
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This is a longer and lower version of the Fun Car with clearly more sporty
aspirations. The body was built around a tubular frame. The engine as well
as a lot of other technical components came from the popular Simca and
Renault models with the engines in the back. |
Jacques d'Heur, a former mechanic at Ford France, founded "Méan Motor
Engineering" in December 1964" in a small village with the name Méan par
Havelange, close to Luik. There he started building his first cars.
The
Sonora,
a 2 seater coupé was presented in January 1966 and then there was the Barquette
manufactured in fiberglass of which 85 copies were built in 1970.
In 1971, the company name was rebaptised from Méan to Liberta.
A small series of leisure cars was produced (117 copies in 1972).
Liberta Fun-Cars were sold as ready to drive with the option of a new - or a
revised engine, but was also available as a half assembled kit or as a
do--it-yourself kit. The Fun-Car had a compartmental chassis on which a
synthetic body was placed and was foreseen for mechanic and engines of Renault
or Simca varying from 850 to 1600cc.
In 1974 Liberta stopped existing.
| Jacques d'Heur |
Liberta-France |
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| Liberta Engineering SA |
6, rue du Donjon |
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| 59, quai Coronmeuse |
02110 Bohain |
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| 4000 Liège |
France |
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| Belgique |
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