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The terror from Poissy: the Simca 1000 Rallye, Rallye 1, Rallye 2 and Rallye 3
When the Simca 1000 first landed in showrooms in 1961 it was marketed as an economy car for the masses. It was small, it had the aerodynamics of a shoebox and depending on the model purchased it had an engine displacement hovering above or below 1000 cubic centimeters. In short, there was nothing sporty about … Continue reading »
1970s / 1980s / Alfa Romeo / Autobianchi / BMW / Citroen / Fiat / German / Matra-Simca / Renault / Saab / Simca / Volkswagen
Cars in the Vaucluse.
Going back to the roots of Ran When Parked when we featured mostly run-down cars hidden behind a foot of grass or a wooden shack about to collapse, here are a couple of junkyard finds in the Vaucluse department of France. Continue reading »
Alfa Romeo / Autobianchi / BMW / CG / Citroen / Fiat / Lancia / Marcos / Matra / Mercedes Benz / Morgan / Panhard / Peugeot / Renault / Renault-Alpine / Simca / Volkswagen
Avignon Motor Festival 2010.
In no particuliar order here are some shots from the Motor Festival that took place last week in Avignon: Continue reading »
Some “American” cars.
Many so-called “American” cars have been made over the years that just weren’t American at all. Most have been re-badged offerings from Toyota, Mitsubishi, Daewoo, Kia, or Hyundai. Rarer though, are the ones that source their heritage to Europe. So, let’s have a look at a couple of these European-American automobiles (in no particular order): Continue reading »
Simca Abarth 1150.
Carlo Abarth is well known in the racing world for the exhaust systems that bore his name, the cars he designed and raced and for his work modifying Fiats 500s and 600s into the precursors of hot hatches such as the Golf GTI: the concept is similar, a big engine in a small, mass produced … Continue reading »
>ACAPL Concours d’Elegance.
> “Concours d’Elegance” is admittedly a bit of an optimistic term on the organizers’ part but the ACAPL hosted a car show in downtown Marignane today. The turnout was quite nice despite the iffy weather. Here are some of the more notable cars. Simca 5 (a Fiat Topolino built under lisence) A late model Simca … Continue reading »
>Please don’t junk your rare European car.
>Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been scavenging local junkyards looking for parts for my 300D. I’ve found a lot of stuff that I need: lights from a 300D, 4-speed transmission from a 240D, bumpers from a 280CE, etc. I have also found several cars that should under no circumstances be in junkyards (apologies … Continue reading »
Simca 1301 station wagon
This mid 1970s Simca 1301 is sitting at a Fiat/Alfa/Lancia dealer not too far from here. It doesn’t appear to have been registered recently but it’s all there waiting for a new lease on life. Continue reading »
