Topic: Solved - MJW #550 - Tracfort 5cv/8hp Saloon 1934

[woodinsight]

A fairly mundane saloon but what is required is the make, model and year for one point.

[woodinsight]

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[yves]

1934 Tracford 5CV

[woodinsight]

Yes, it is a 1934 Tracford - I have it as the 8hp model whereas you state it is the 5CV. Perhaps that's the same equivalent?
Anyway the point is yours.
I believe this saloon was also called the Mouette but can't back this up definitely.
Trac stood for 'traction avant' - front-wheel drive and Ford for the make of engine it used.
The cars were built between 1933-1935.

[woodinsight]

I should also add that one of the Beaulieu Encyclopedia's rare mistakes is in listing the Tracford as a Tracfort!

[Wendax]

I disagree about Beaulieu making a mistake, as even René Bellu has it as Tracfort, stating that it is often, but incorrectly called Tracford because of its use of the Ford Y engine. Interesting fact, BTW, is that it featured front wheel drive, although the Ford Y was rear wheel driven.

[woodinsight]

I disagree about Beaulieu making a mistake, as even René Bellu has it as Tracfort, stating that it is often, but incorrectly called Tracford because of its use of the Ford Y engine. Interesting fact, BTW, is that it featured front wheel drive, although the Ford Y was rear wheel driven.

Well I never!
You learn something new everyday here on AP.
Thanks for enlightening us Wendax.

[sixtee5cuda]

This seems to be the same vehicle, labelled as a "Tourisme" or "Tourism"

[sixtee5cuda]

I also found this image of a model named "Sport"

[Wendax]

The sports car went by the name of Irlande, and the saloon was called Mouette.

[Wendax]

The car from the Paris Salon still survives: