The seller of this beautiful Peugeot 202 (aka “The Cross-Eyed Car”) has in great consideration the confort of the future owner: indeed he says that this car is not for sale to Africa as it’s black and without air conditioning, so down there it would easily become hot and unconfortable. The pleasant streamline shape derives from… Read More Not for Africa: 1939 Peugeot 202
The Ford Cométe was built between 1951 and 1954 in France by the Ford Motor Company’s French subsidiary, Ford SAF. This car was made putting toghether a magnificent body made by Facel and a Ford V8 flathead with a 136 c.i. displacement. Although this unit was made in the U.S. here it never became popular… Read More European flathead: 1953 Ford Cométe
One of the strangest thing to think about is a WWII electric car. Maybe the lack of gasoline in such period pushed the S.A.T.A.M. (acronym of “Société Anonyme pour Tous Appareillages Mécaniques”, established in 1921) to build this car. Some sources says that when new, a car like this had been capable to run for… Read More Electric tank: 1943 S.A.T.A.M. Eléctrique
To be honest, we never heard of Mochet microcars (or cycle-cars) so far but what we see here is quite intriguing. The factory was established soon after WWI but the began to produce this car only in 1953. It has a two-stroke, single cylinder engine with a displacement of 125 c.c. which can push this… Read More Meep Meep: 1956 Mochet Type CM Grand Luxe
France is definitely the place where to buy a Simca. This 1200S is painted in a very pleasant pale blue, very similar to the “Celeste Chiaro” used on its peer, the Maserati Ghibli (designed by Giugiaro as well), mated to a classic black interior, a typical color combo of late sixties. The seller says that… Read More Pale blue bargain: 1967 Simca 1200S by Bertone
This 1953 Panhard X87 (vin #855685) is one of the 4,000 (more or less) made from 1952 to 1953: it’s equipped with a 850 c.c. flat-twin, air cooled engine producing 40 h.p. and it has a shape which you won’t forget easily: it deserves the nickname “bathub” even more than the Porsche Speedster appeared in… Read More No trunk: 1953 Panhard Dyna X87 Junior
Believe it or not, this 1955 Citroen 2CV is Mille Miglia elegible. Not later than two years ago, a 1957 sister of this car joined that event. This particular car is an early model pushed by a 375 c.c. flat twin, air cooled engine. Early cars had a very strange, but very economic and effective… Read More Another Mille Miglia entry: 1955 Citroen 2CV
France, both for the seller and for the car: differently from the 1200S featured here, this car is not white nor blue, the official color for french racing cars. Indeed this car shows a beautiful Rosso Corsa which mates perfectly with the black front grilles and the black vinyl interiors. This is a model year 1969… Read More French Giugiaro/2: 1969 Simca Bertone 1200 S
The René Bonnet Le Mans was designed to meet the requirement of U.S. market, although the selling price, back then, was high for a fiberglass car. Differently from the previous model, this one had a 1108 c.c. Renault engine, with a light tuning made by Gordini and fed by a downdraft Weber 32 MDIX d.t.… Read More Fiberglass fins: 1963 René Bonnet Le Mans Grand Luxe
We’re far to consider ourselves as classic cars experts but we’re neither the last of the bunch. However, we not only haven’t ever saw this car, but we didn’t ever know of its existence. It’s called Alpine Renault A108 Cabrio and, we must say, it’s a very pretty car. This car seems to be a… Read More Never seen before: 1960 Alpine A108 Cabriolet (by Allemano?)
