Hang on a moment everyone! That Mini-Comtesse on eBay that Blob mentioned, it's rarer than we thought! Its not a Mini-Comtesse at all, but a Willam Cyclo of all things!!!!!
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I'm not too sure of the precise facts, as I've only ever came across one other Willam Cyclo, but I think Willam took over production rights to the basic Mini-comtesse from ACOMA in 1979, turned it into the thing we see below, and built it into the 1980s.
![](http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z211/stuartcyphus/WillamCyclo1.jpg)
As can be seen in the next photo (below), it has a sort of "slotted" grille on its bonnet, as opposed to the mesh affair of a "proper" Comtesse, and it was this that alerted me to the Willam connection;
![](http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z211/stuartcyphus/WillamCyclo2.jpg)
Looking at the next photo (seen below) confirmed the Willam origins as the Willam versions were all painted yellow, but it came as a real surprise to me when I noticed the steering wheel set to one side and that it has TWO SEATS!!!!! Looking at my Comtesse, I can't see for the life of me how it would be at all possible to even think of fitting two people abreast in that bodyshell.
![](http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z211/stuartcyphus/WilliamCyclo3.jpg)
It looks like there's still a lot of the story yet to be learned when it comes to the history of the Mini-Comtesse......
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