Classic Cars

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And why not a Panhard 24 in 2024 ?

 

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here's a new electric car "Jantar" from Kaliningrad (Russia) Avtotor



the ugliest electric car in the world?!

 

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here's a new electric car "Jantar" from Kaliningrad (Russia) Avtotor



the ugliest electric car in the world?!

I prefer the old Lada !

 

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"L'Automobile" ads - August 1958

 

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Late 40's : Three prototypes are looking for some interested constructors...

Front wheels drive Claveau Descartes


Engineer Emile Claveau had for model the author of "Le discours de la méthode". (XVII th century)

V8 engine double OHC in front and five speeds gear box in 1948!

 

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Grégoire 2 liter "R"


The Grégoire R is the only prototype that lead to a small serie made by Hotchkiss who thought that this model could save it! The body of the R is the result of numerous test in windtunnel by Rateau, a French turbine constructor.

The body of melt light aluminium alliage is exposed at Paris motorshow 1948.

From above to below : Prototype R, pre-serie Hotchkiss-Grégoire, "serie" Hotchkiss-Grégoire

Engineer Grégoire between prototype R and pre-serie Hotchkiss.

Hotchkiss-Grégoire 1952

Coach and cabriolet Chapron 1953

 

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Mathis 666 (6 cylinders - 6 seats - 6 speeds)


After the 333 from the aerodynamician Jean Andreau (see # 1341), the 666

The interesting body type Vutotal of the prototype 1948 is left the following year.

Another example of Vutotal windshield licence Labourdette on a Peugeot 202 - 1938

Last appearance of one Mathis at Paris motorshow 1949. It is only a frame without body.

 

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The 2 CV is 75. Below the unit of the museum Citroën, a model 51.

 

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A 2 CV with servo-suspension F-L, an active suspension developed by the engineer Jean Federspiel in 1952!


The horizontal springs of the 2 CV are hidden under the floor. They are activated by a rigid stem connected to the suspension arm. The engineer replaces this stem by one hydraulic jack that allow to change the body height.

The 2 CV is a second-hand model 1950.

On the left, this special 2 CV without pressure is resting on its rubber stops like a DS some years later.

 

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Above, a model from the serie.
Below, the 2 CV with servo-suspension lean toward the interior of the curve like a motorbike.

Servo-suspension tested on rollers.

Some meters of pipe under the seats

Left : The hydraulic reservoir.
Right : The valve that control the front-left jack.

Left : Jean Federspiel, electronician engineer, radio-TV long waves specialist. He thinked that frequencies issues of radio-TV are like those of car suspension.
Right : The pendulum under the dashboard that control all the system

Left : The reservoir
Right : The belt of the hydraulic pump.

The mechanical under the floor seem very complicated.
Today there is nobody to restore it.

 

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It is a small part of the Alfa Romeo story that march when you watch the German serie TV "A case for two" (1981-2014) with the private detective Josef Matula interpreted by Claus Theo Gartner himself amateur of this make.

Giulia Nuova Super 1600 (1976) for the early episodes


No planned accident with the personal car of the actor !

 

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Giulietta 2.0 (1984)

 

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Audi 80 (1987)


Maybe a little too soft this Audi after the Giulietta ?

 

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The Alfa return with the 75 2.0 Twin Spark (1987)



Model 89 with the new front face

 

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The detective chasing a biker...

 

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Demonstration from the 75, the last Alfa rear propulsion

 

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Alfa fans are disappointed when appear the 155 in 1992. Made from a Fiat plateform (front wheels drive Fiat Tipo-Lancia Dedra), the new model with the clover exchange the famous four cylinder double OHC for a modern transversal Fiat motor 16 valves.