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Re: NEH 2292
« Reply #25 on: December 07, 2012, 01:54:39 PM »
Quote from: targhediferro on December 07, 2012, 01:25:32 PM
So...203

No, sorry - 403 might have been right but there's some confusion over whether it's 403 or 203-based; but that's not the answer to the Puzzle that I'm looking for!
I need to know what it's usually known as, when it was built and who designed and built it.
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Re: NEH 2292
« Reply #26 on: December 10, 2012, 05:30:41 AM »
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Re: NEH 2292
« Reply #27 on: December 10, 2012, 05:45:16 AM »
Peugeot 403 (or 203), (I think right - 203) Coupe, modified by Alexis Constantin in 1955.
Photo from 24 Heures Gran Prix de Paris, Bol d'Or, Montlhéry, 15.05.1955. Drivers: Jacques Metin et Jacques Tardieu.

P.S. Designed by Pietro Frua.
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Re: NEH 2292
« Reply #28 on: December 10, 2012, 07:41:41 AM »
That's it, yes, and I agree with you that it's more likely to be based on a 203.
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Re: Solved - NEH 2292: Frua Peugeot 203 (?) Constantin Coupé - 1955
« Reply #29 on: December 10, 2012, 12:01:12 PM »
Martin Krejki lists it as a Peugeot 203 Constantin
Wikipedia has the 403 launch date as 20th April 1955

So I would think it was based on a 203.  But it might have had a prototype 403 engine although this is unlikely as two other Peogeot 203 based cars were ahead of it in the Bol d'Or
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Re: Solved - NEH 2292: Frua Peugeot 203 Constantin Coupé - 1955
« Reply #30 on: December 10, 2012, 02:52:51 PM »
Thanks D-type.
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