Puch 175 SV 1957 172cc Two Cylinder [Video]

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This Puch 175 SV has been restored to high standard recently and is ready for road. Frame, engine number and type plate match and have left the Puch works in this unit. The complete history is know.The engine runs very well. The original type plate is still present and matches the frame number. The Puch offers a good basis for a manageable restoration.

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From 1889 Johann Puch (1862–1914) worked as an agent for Humber vehicles and manufacturer of Styria safety bicycles in a small workshop in Graz and in 1890 he founded his first company, Johann Puch & Comp., employing 34 workers. Cyclists like Josef Fischer, winning the first edition of Paris–Roubaix in 1896, popularized Styria bicycles which were even exported to England and France. By 1895, Puch already employed more than 300 workers producing about 6000 bikes a year.

In 1923 the Italian engineer and FIAT agent Giovanni Marcellino …