Emile Leray
Emile Leray | |
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| Born | 23 August 1949 (age 76) France |
| Known for | Building a motorcycle in the Moroccan Desert |
Emile Leray (born 23 August 1949) is a French electrician who is most noteworthy for transforming a car into a motorcycle while stranded in the Sahara Desert.[1][2]
Achievements
[edit]Leray built a desert motorcycle out of the parts of a broken-down Citroën 2CV in 1993, while on a solo trip in Morocco. His car broke down near the coastal town of Tantan, Morocco, when he accidentally hit a rock, which damaged his car's chassis. Per Leray's account, he was stranded twenty miles from Tantan, with only enough food and water to last ten days.[3] To survive, Leray used parts of his broken-down car to build a motorcycle, and twelve days after the accident was able to drive it to Tantan 20 miles away.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ Colt, Georgina (June 24, 2012). "A Citroën, a saw … et voilà, I have a bike". www.thetimes.com.
- ^ "Stranded in the desert near Tan Tan, a French man turned his car into a motorcycle".
- ^ "PHOTOS: Man escapes African desert DOOM, turns wrecked car into DIY motorcycle". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on 22 July 2020.
- ^ Berg, Nik (January 16, 2025). "This Feisty Frenchman Turned His 2CV into a Two-Wheeler to Escape the Sahara".
- ^ Smithfield, Brad (May 18, 2016). "Emile Leray built working motorcycle broken car Citroen 2cv escape African desert | The Vintage News".