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Title: SAC#1540 :Cord 812 cars converted by Dechaux with Citroen engine
Post by: SACO on April 17, 2021, 09:03:48 AM

Please , what is this car and by whom , for 1 point !   :)

Title: Re: SAC#1540
Post by: SolanaBogon on April 17, 2021, 02:05:54 PM

Cord body on French chassis?

Title: Re: SAC#1540
Post by: SACO on April 18, 2021, 04:55:28 PM

Cord body with French mechanic !
Locked for you !

Title: Re: SAC#1540 : Locked
Post by: SolanaBogon on April 19, 2021, 02:46:39 AM

Those wheels reminds me of immediate post-war Peugeot... Could it be one?

Title: Re: SAC#1540 : Locked
Post by: SACO on April 19, 2021, 09:41:57 AM

No relation with Peugeot !

Title: Re: SAC#1540 : Locked
Post by: SolanaBogon on April 19, 2021, 04:21:17 PM

Citroën?

Title: Re: SAC#1540 : Locked
Post by: SACO on April 19, 2021, 04:24:37 PM

Yes !

Title: Re: SAC#1540 : Locked
Post by: SolanaBogon on April 20, 2021, 04:07:03 AM

Then I assume it is a Traction Avant chassis. I will try a bold assumption by saying this is a post-war 15 model?

Title: Re: SAC#1540 : Locked
Post by: SACO on April 20, 2021, 04:12:46 PM

Yes ! Citroen engine and transmission , for 11 or 15/6 !

Title: Re: SAC#1540 : Locked
Post by: SolanaBogon on April 23, 2021, 04:17:54 PM

Sorry I'm not completely familiar with the rules, how much time until it gets unlocked? Because I can't find much more info...

Title: Re: SAC#1540 : Locked
Post by: SACO on April 24, 2021, 01:19:41 AM

Normally, 1 day !  ;D
Sorry but unlocked !

Title: Re: SAC#1540 :
Post by: Johno on April 26, 2021, 03:21:07 PM

I'm going to suggest  that this is one of about 50 Cord 812 cars converted by Charles Dechaux who had a garage in Paris.
Only 50 Cords were ever imported into France and Dechaux converted 20 of them to Citroën power. Nineteen had 11CV Traction engines (due to that engines popularity, economy and reliability). The other Cord had a 15/6 (6 cylinder) engine. 
Source   https://citroenvie.com/a-cording-to-citroen/

Title: Re: SAC#1540 :
Post by: SACO on April 27, 2021, 02:13:09 AM

 :thumbsup:
Cord 812 cars converted by Charles Dechaux with Citroen engine !
1 point for Johno !  :)

Title: Re: SAC#1540 :Cord 812 cars converted by Dechaux with Citroen engine
Post by: Wendax on April 27, 2021, 02:44:13 AM

A historic picture: