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Solved - NEH 2349: Simca 1200S prototype
« on: January 03, 2013, 08:01:55 AM »
Identify what this car is, for 1 point:


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Re: NEH 2349
« Reply #1 on: January 10, 2013, 05:17:13 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NEH 2349
« Reply #2 on: January 10, 2013, 05:26:20 AM »
based on a Trabant?
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Re: NEH 2349
« Reply #3 on: January 10, 2013, 05:34:58 AM »
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Re: NEH 2349
« Reply #4 on: January 10, 2013, 07:55:17 AM »
Fiat 130?
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Re: NEH 2349
« Reply #5 on: January 10, 2013, 08:32:47 AM »
Group B Rally car chassis?
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Re: NEH 2349
« Reply #6 on: January 10, 2013, 11:22:50 AM »
Neither a Fiat nor a Group B rally car!
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Re: NEH 2349
« Reply #7 on: January 13, 2013, 10:48:23 AM »
Bodywork looks vaguely Ford Escort...ish.
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Re: NEH 2349
« Reply #8 on: January 13, 2013, 11:05:58 AM »
Anything to do with DAF?
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Re: NEH 2349
« Reply #9 on: January 13, 2013, 11:31:27 AM »
Nothing to do with either Ford or DAF..
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Re: NEH 2349
« Reply #10 on: January 13, 2013, 11:37:06 AM »
Was it built for Rallycross?
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Re: NEH 2349
« Reply #11 on: January 13, 2013, 11:59:47 AM »
Quote from: nicanary on January 13, 2013, 11:37:06 AM
Was it built for Rallycross?

I don't know.  I haven't been able to find anywhere that describes its purpose, but it sure looks like a Group B or something.
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Re: NEH 2349
« Reply #12 on: January 13, 2013, 12:41:04 PM »
That body looks familiar - is it a Simca 1000 Coupe?
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Re: NEH 2349
« Reply #13 on: January 13, 2013, 01:07:34 PM »
Quote from: nicanary on January 13, 2013, 12:41:04 PM
That body looks familiar - is it a Simca 1000 Coupe?

Close enough that I think I'll give you that; actually it's a 1200S.
I haven't really been able to find out much more than that about it; it's just described as a Simca 1200S prototype, but whether it was a factory rally car or what I don't know.
Maybe one of our French members can fill us in?
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Re: Solved - NEH 2349: Simca 1200S prototype
« Reply #14 on: January 13, 2013, 01:46:36 PM »
It looks as if it has moved quite a distance from being a Simca 1200 S Coupé. At least the rear half appears as a tubular frame with mid-engine layout following loosely the Simca looks.
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Re: Solved - NEH 2349: Simca 1200S prototype
« Reply #15 on: January 13, 2013, 01:58:31 PM »
Which makes me think it's built for competition. A prototype for rallying or rallycross. Thanks for the point.
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Re: Solved - NEH 2349: Simca 1200S prototype
« Reply #16 on: November 25, 2014, 04:07:14 AM »
other views -
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Re: Solved - NEH 2349: Simca 1200S prototype
« Reply #17 on: November 26, 2014, 02:58:02 PM »
sorry but seems not the same car
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Re: Solved - NEH 2349: Simca 1200S prototype
« Reply #18 on: November 27, 2014, 04:43:35 AM »
Same wheels and flip-up rear but the car in dzima's pictures have a swage line all the way from front to rear, which the puzzle car doesn't seem to have..
So it looks like you're right thorax, although it could of course be a development of the same car..
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