Author Topic: SOLVED: Djetset #586 - 1952 Ford Vedette SIAM record car (Read 1166 times)

Djetset · « **on:** March 19, 2012, 05:57:40 PM »

First of a small batch of new puzzles from me for a while.

So, to gain a point, tell me all you can about this vehicle.

Allemano · « **Reply #1 on:** March 20, 2012, 03:27:49 AM »

seems to be not the most torsion-resistant chassis.

Djetset · « **Reply #2 on:** April 02, 2012, 01:35:25 PM »

Moving up the banking...

Djetset · « **Reply #3 on:** April 23, 2012, 04:50:53 PM »

... and on to the top of the banking.

woodinsight · « **Reply #4 on:** April 23, 2012, 04:59:05 PM »

French?

Djetset · « **Reply #5 on:** April 23, 2012, 05:00:44 PM »

woodinsight · « **Reply #6 on:** April 25, 2012, 03:31:22 AM »

Caron Bouvot Sport Monopole 1954?

Djetset · « **Reply #7 on:** April 26, 2012, 06:39:35 PM »

Desole, but not the lovely Caron Bouvot Sport.

woodinsight · « **Reply #8 on:** April 27, 2012, 12:30:47 AM »

Is it a one-off?

Djetset · « **Reply #9 on:** April 27, 2012, 02:38:02 AM »

Essentially a one-off, but with the support of a larger company.

woodinsight · « **Reply #10 on:** May 01, 2012, 11:45:39 AM »

1950s?

barrett · « **Reply #11 on:** May 01, 2012, 12:10:31 PM »

Any Gordini connection?

Djetset · « **Reply #12 on:** May 01, 2012, 06:13:32 PM »

Yes it is from the 1950s, but it has no Gordini connections known to me.

woodinsight · « **Reply #13 on:** May 02, 2012, 02:08:39 AM »

Simca engine?

Djetset · « **Reply #14 on:** May 02, 2012, 06:04:32 AM »

Simca engine? Hmmm, tricky one to answer, so I will say no.

woodinsight · « **Reply #15 on:** May 02, 2012, 06:22:01 AM »

Was the car used as a sports racer in its final configuration?

Wendax · « **Reply #16 on:** May 02, 2012, 01:06:35 PM »

Ford V8 engine?

sixtee5cuda · « **Reply #17 on:** May 05, 2012, 06:37:59 PM »

Ford 60-series V8 with Ardun heads

Wendax · « **Reply #18 on:** May 06, 2012, 01:19:01 AM »

Ford Vedette SIAM record car, built in 1952 by Albert Simille and Joseph Ampoulié, originally fitted with an aluminium body by Ampoulié and Gallet which was destroyed in an accident. The V8 engine was reduced to 1995 cc and had hemispherical combustion chambers. At Montlhery, it broke two long-distance world records which had been unbroken since 1927:
10000 km at an average of 130.654 km/h
72 hours at an average of 130.131 km/h

woodinsight · « **Reply #19 on:** May 06, 2012, 02:02:32 AM »

Wendax - presumably this is the car you mean?

Wendax · « **Reply #20 on:** May 06, 2012, 02:07:36 AM »

Wendax · « **Reply #21 on:** May 10, 2012, 01:58:52 PM »

Djetset · « **Reply #22 on:** May 10, 2012, 02:15:50 PM »

Wendax gets the point (I thought it might have gone before the Pros level as the Montlhery banked circuit in the photo was quite a clue!)

SACO · « **Reply #23 on:** May 10, 2012, 04:35:23 PM »

The current body on this chassis :

Wendax · « **Reply #24 on:** May 10, 2012, 04:57:06 PM »

That's a way to make an outstanding car look like a cheap Cobra copy

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