Funny enough, in Europe and in France, the most common color is Black. Colors only got thrown in the 5000 version of the Velosolex, most other ones were black, from the beginning in 1947 to the end of production in the eighties.
Long story short, Black is the new black for Solex in the US. And finding one is unusual. So when I saw one, in pieces and in dire need of restoration on Ebay, I immediately contacted the owner. A gentleman in Alabama named Jim. We agreed on the price and the bike was on its way.
It happens that this Solex was actually originally sold in Canada by Laniel, who at the time was selling Velosolex bikes as well as distributing Candy and Soda machines.
For the story I contacted Laniel, and the Mr Laniel himself answered very nicely - the company does not have anything left from this era, just in case you thought of calling them for some parts :)
