Lejeune LeTurbo

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Just wanted to share this. Busy restoring this bike that has been in storage for many years.

[Kranswurm]

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Just wanted to share this. Busy restoring this bike that has been in storage for many years.

Nice bike.I had a Le Turbo and my wife a Le Jeune.I  am not sure they came from the same stable?

[TNT1]

I  am not sure they came from the same stable?

Me either. I was wondering what bike the OP actually had with the thread title. 

[eddy]

Nice bike.I had a Le Turbo and my wife a Le Jeune.I  am not sure they came from the same stable?

 

They didn't.

 

Le Jeune was built by Francois du Toit in the Cape, and le Turbo was a brand Basil Cohen had built up in Babelegi IIRC.

[Kranswurm]

They didn't.

 

Le Jeune was built by Francois du Toit in the Cape, and le Turbo was a brand Basil Cohen had built up in Babelegi IIRC.

I knew the Francois du Toit part but not Le Turbo.Incidently I bought the Le Turbo from Willie Englebrecht, if I can spell it properly, when he worked in AVH shop in Bramley, a moer of a long time ago 

 

I cant spell

Edited February 12, 2021 by Kranswurm

[BuffsVintageBikes]

Here's my recent restore of a Le Turbo. I touch on the history in the video.

 

https://youtu.be/fRmWDO0PNuU

[Leigh Smith]

The Le Turbo's were built by Gotty Hansen under contract for Basil Cohen.