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Guscha, it is obviously a Renalult 50CV.
(o{I}o)
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Ross
I'm pretty sure your'e right, it looks familiar to me too..Wonder how many of those fancy ones they made, and how many are left. My guess is not very much and now even less. It was good to see you again in Gettysburg Regards John Harley
Posted on: 2010/8/11 22:41
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Sorry I got late to the party but that is a Simca Vedette and they did use a Ford V8-60 power plant.
How many know that Chrysler owned a substantial share of Simca in the sixties and thus were in the unusual position of building a car with a Ford engine? Even more outre, Chrysler found themselves building a completely different car in another country, also with a Ford V8, just a few years later. Can anyone name it?
Posted on: 2010/8/12 23:26
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I think the car in question might possibly be the brazilian made Chambord, which as far as I remember was in production
during the late 1960s.
Posted on: 2010/8/13 9:45
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I do. A friend's father worked as a mechanic at the Dodge and Plymouth dealership, and they were selling Simcas for a short time. His parents bought one, and drove it for many years. Thanks for the memory. (o{I}o)
Posted on: 2010/8/13 9:53
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Guscha is correct as usual. Chrysler had an interest in Rootes for a long time, Plymouth dealers in North America sold a Rootes car as the Plymouth Cricket in the 70s.
Posted on: 2010/8/13 10:41
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Funny that the Sunbeam Tiger used a Ford engine? Why didn't they use a Chrysler engine? I wonder if the venerable 318 might have been too wide?
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Gerd, Yes the Ford distributor being at the front of the engine versus the rear as in the Chrysler "A" or the SB Chev block engine would have been an advantage in such a small compartment.
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