Puzzle #388 - Solved! Peugeot 203 Calès

[Otto Puzzell]

Know what it is?

Please, respond below and let us know the make and model designation of the car posted here.

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[Otto Puzzell]

[Ray B.]

Is it a Arnolt-Bristol ?

[Otto Puzzell]

No sir.

[Ray B.]

It looks exactly like a Devin D, or maybe C. However I can't find one with that kind of grille.
But the Devin TR-3 sported the same kind, although somewhat upside down and with three horizontal bars instead of two.

[Otto Puzzell]

Not a Devin.

[Paul Jaray]

Hi, it seems a Bolwell mkIII....

[Otto Puzzell]

Not a Bolwell

[Paul Jaray]

Hi, you're right... it is a Peugeot 203 Calais coupe by Frua......

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[Carnut]

What's this car, for 1 point?

[Otto Puzzell]

Merged

[Otto Puzzell]

Alternately tagged as Cales and Calais, depending on the source.

[Wendax]

Nothing to do with Calais. It was named after its driver Jacques Calès.

Here's an auction blurb about the car (so be careful to trust that "information" in every detail):

The story of this intriguing Roadster begins at the dawn of the 1950s, in an alleyway in Bordeaux housing the garage of the
local dealer, a certain Jacques Calès... At the time, this motor racing enthusiast was preparing his own barchetta, using Simca
8 parts, to take part in the few Grand Prix events in the area.
This was the case at the 1953 Grand Prix de Bressuire, where he entered a Simca Sport Spéciale 1,090 cc in the sports category.
In 1964, Firmin Dura, the coachbuilder at the Peugeot dealership in Dax, produced the model that illustrates these pages, in the form of a tubular chassis powered (from then on) by a prepared 203 engine, and fitted with a front axle, rear axle and original Simca suspension. At the time, the Calès had just finished its racing career and needed a new body. Firmin Dura completed the work that had already been started by Henri Rignault.
Our elegant Roadster emerged from this workshop in red with a black stripe. Its lines are directly inspired by Italian masterpieces, and bear a strong resemblance to the work of Frua, giving rise to a legend that it was the Italian master who designed this car for Henri Rignault... It was sold in the Alpes-Maritimes, before ending up with a collector in Lyon, and then with its current owner, a major Peugeot collector.
Today, the car has a sumptuous patina. Its mechanics still bear the marks of the typical preparations of the 1950s: cylinder head with large valves and Constantin intake pipe, double-barrel Solex carburettor, Darl'Mat exhaust, block re-bored to 1,460 cc...