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Solved: Wendax 1404 - Simca 5 with a La Décapotable bonnet
« on: November 04, 2014, 02:32:28 AM »
A little beauty.

For one point, please respond and identify this car.
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Re: Wendax 1404
« Reply #1 on: November 11, 2014, 02:27:44 AM »
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Re: Wendax 1404
« Reply #2 on: November 11, 2014, 09:39:34 AM »
Simca Cinq ?
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Re: Wendax 1404
« Reply #3 on: November 11, 2014, 09:51:32 AM »
Yes, it is a modified Simca 5. I don't know who modified the entire car, but I know that the bonnet was an aftermarket item. To gain the point, you have to identify the company who built the bonnet.
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Re: Wendax 1404
« Reply #4 on: November 12, 2014, 08:18:47 AM »
by Siata-Eudel?
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Re: Wendax 1404
« Reply #5 on: November 12, 2014, 08:32:31 AM »
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Re: Wendax 1404
« Reply #6 on: November 12, 2014, 03:12:56 PM »
The only other name I could find is   La Découvrable
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Re: Wendax 1404
« Reply #7 on: November 12, 2014, 04:45:44 PM »
Have a second look! You are so close that it can't be just by chance. It is La Déc----able.
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Re: Wendax 1404
« Reply #8 on: November 12, 2014, 06:50:27 PM »
La Découvrable was repeated several times on the French language site where I found the word.  I copied and pasted the name from the French language site as the easiest way to get the accent on the "é".  Should it be La Découverable?


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Re: Wendax 1404
« Reply #9 on: November 13, 2014, 02:31:10 AM »
No, it is not a matter of misspelling. I am looking for a different word describing something similar to Découvrable.
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Re: Wendax 1404
« Reply #10 on: November 13, 2014, 08:20:31 AM »
Please unlock this as I haven't a clue where to go looking.
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Re: Wendax 1404
« Reply #11 on: November 13, 2014, 09:14:48 AM »
C'mon, one last hint:

Découvrable <-> Déc----able 
is like
cabrio coach <-> convertible
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Re: Wendax 1404
« Reply #12 on: November 13, 2014, 04:34:50 PM »
It's over 50 years since I did French at school and the vocabulary is what you forget.  Is the word something like  Découpable?
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Re: Wendax 1404
« Reply #13 on: November 13, 2014, 06:17:23 PM »
Forget that.  Someone has given me a link to another French language site that says that the bonnet was made by La Décapotable
(but I still don't know what the different French words mean)
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Re: Wendax 1404
« Reply #14 on: November 14, 2014, 02:28:07 AM »
A well-earned point for you!
One more point to go.   :)
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Re: Solved: Wendax 1404 - Simca 5 with a La Décapotable bonnet
« Reply #15 on: November 14, 2014, 11:11:34 AM »
"La Découvrable", "La Décapotable" : same address, 29, Avenue de Châtillon, Paris, XIV
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Re: Solved: Wendax 1404 - Simca 5 with a La Décapotable bonnet
« Reply #16 on: November 14, 2014, 11:35:36 AM »
Aha! I didn't know that.

Sweet picture.
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Re: Solved: Wendax 1404 - Simca 5 with a La Décapotable bonnet
« Reply #17 on: November 14, 2014, 04:30:04 PM »
What do "La Découvrable" and "La Décapotable" translate as?  I believe it's some variant of convertible, drophead, soft top or cabriolet but is there a subtle difference?
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Re: Wendax 1404
« Reply #18 on: November 14, 2014, 04:53:56 PM »
Quote from: Wendax on November 13, 2014, 09:14:48 AM
Découvrable <-> Décapotable 
is
cabrio coach <-> convertible
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Re: Solved: Wendax 1404 - Simca 5 with a La Décapotable bonnet
« Reply #19 on: November 15, 2014, 09:36:08 AM »






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Re: Solved: Wendax 1404 - Simca 5 with a La Décapotable bonnet
« Reply #20 on: November 15, 2014, 11:02:15 AM »
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