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Title: SOLVED: Djetset #586 - 1952 Ford Vedette SIAM record car
Post by: 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.
Title: Re: Djetset #586
Post by: Allemano on March 20, 2012, 03:27:49 AM
seems to be not the most torsion-resistant chassis. (http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g106/pan1968/Gifs/asd-1.gif)
Title: Re: Djetset #586
Post by: Djetset on April 02, 2012, 01:35:25 PM
Moving up the banking...
Title: Re: Djetset #586
Post by: Djetset on April 23, 2012, 04:50:53 PM
... and on to the top of the banking.
Title: Re: Djetset #586
Post by: woodinsight on April 23, 2012, 04:59:05 PM
French?
Title: Re: Djetset #586
Post by: Djetset on April 23, 2012, 05:00:44 PM
Oui.
Title: Re: Djetset #586
Post by: woodinsight on April 25, 2012, 03:31:22 AM
Caron Bouvot Sport Monopole 1954?
Title: Re: Djetset #586
Post by: Djetset on April 26, 2012, 06:39:35 PM
Desole, but not the lovely Caron Bouvot Sport.
Title: Re: Djetset #586
Post by: woodinsight on April 27, 2012, 12:30:47 AM
Is it a one-off?
Title: Re: Djetset #586
Post by: Djetset on April 27, 2012, 02:38:02 AM
Essentially a one-off, but with the support of a larger company.
Title: Re: Djetset #586
Post by: woodinsight on May 01, 2012, 11:45:39 AM
1950s?
Title: Re: Djetset #586
Post by: barrett on May 01, 2012, 12:10:31 PM
Any Gordini connection?
Title: Re: Djetset #586
Post by: Djetset on May 01, 2012, 06:13:32 PM
Yes it is from the 1950s, but it has no Gordini connections known to me.
Title: Re: Djetset #586
Post by: woodinsight on May 02, 2012, 02:08:39 AM
Simca engine?
Title: Re: Djetset #586
Post by: Djetset on May 02, 2012, 06:04:32 AM
Simca engine?  Hmmm, tricky one to answer, so I will say no.
Title: Re: Djetset #586
Post by: woodinsight on May 02, 2012, 06:22:01 AM
Was the car used as a sports racer in its final configuration?
Title: Re: Djetset #586
Post by: Wendax on May 02, 2012, 01:06:35 PM
Ford V8 engine?
Title: Re: Djetset #586
Post by: sixtee5cuda on May 05, 2012, 06:37:59 PM
Ford 60-series V8 with Ardun heads
Title: Re: Djetset #586
Post by: Wendax 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
Title: Re: Djetset #586
Post by: woodinsight on May 06, 2012, 02:02:32 AM
Wendax - presumably this is the car you mean?
Title: Re: Djetset #586
Post by: Wendax on May 06, 2012, 02:07:36 AM
Yes
Title: Re: Djetset #586
Post by: Wendax on May 10, 2012, 01:58:52 PM
 :bump:
Title: Re: Djetset #586
Post by: Djetset 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!)  ;)
Title: Re: SOLVED: Djetset #586 - 1952 Ford Vedette SIAM record car
Post by: SACO on May 10, 2012, 04:35:23 PM
The current body on this chassis :  :yuck:
Title: Re: SOLVED: Djetset #586 - 1952 Ford Vedette SIAM record car
Post by: Wendax on May 10, 2012, 04:57:06 PM
That's a way to make an outstanding car look like a cheap Cobra copy  :( :(
Title: Re: SOLVED: Djetset #586 - 1952 Ford Vedette SIAM record car
Post by: grobmotorix on May 11, 2012, 01:16:31 AM
I really love the original style:
Title: Re: SOLVED: Djetset #586 - 1952 Ford Vedette SIAM record car
Post by: faksta on May 11, 2012, 01:45:59 AM
Quote from: SACO on May 10, 2012, 04:35:23 PM
The current body on this chassis :  :yuck:

Gosh...if it was the original I migh even like it, but knowing what it was initially...meh.

A very interesting outcome!  :o I knew SIAM, but would have never supposed that was it - I haven't seen it without body and integral helmet made me think of a newer car. Also, I thought that was just a test run, as I recognized Montlhery in fact, just didn't associate it with record runs :D
Title: Re: SOLVED: Djetset #586 - 1952 Ford Vedette SIAM record car
Post by: Wendax on September 28, 2012, 07:15:53 AM
We had the car (with its bodywork) before: http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=7468.0