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Barrett's #264 - Salmson 2300 Berline by Chapron, 1955
« on: January 09, 2012, 11:46:36 AM »
One of my all-time favourites and an easy rookie point. Make, model, coachbuilder and year please

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Re: Barrett's #264
« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2012, 02:40:43 PM »
Not so easy it seems

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Re: Barrett's #264
« Reply #2 on: January 16, 2012, 02:48:50 PM »
Salmson 2300S Berline by Chapron c. 1955.

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Re: Barrett's #264
« Reply #3 on: January 16, 2012, 03:17:44 PM »
Salmson 2300S Berline by Chapron c. 1955.

Correct, but it has a name. Locked for you to find out what it's called

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Re: Barrett's #264
« Reply #4 on: January 16, 2012, 03:50:48 PM »
Some sources call it a 2300 GT.

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Re: Barrett's #264
« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2012, 03:29:24 PM »
That's not what I have. Still locked for your next answer

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Re: Barrett's #264
« Reply #6 on: January 18, 2012, 08:30:59 AM »
I can find no other name for this, and I found at least three sources which call the car 2300 GT by Chapron. It's not the Randonee which was the previous Salmson series, and it's not the nearly-identical-looking Hotchkiss Monceau.

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Re: Barrett's #264
« Reply #7 on: January 18, 2012, 11:04:47 AM »
I have to apologise to you, you are of course completely correct. For some reason in my head I had the name 'Monceau' which as you say is the nearly identical Hotchkiss. This car doesn't have any particular name. I'm not sure why I was so convinced otherwise, but there you are.

Again, sorry for sending you on a wild goose chase & congratulations on the point!