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Title: Solved - MJW #550 - Tracfort 5cv/8hp Saloon 1934
Post by: woodinsight on August 04, 2011, 05:58:05 AM
A fairly mundane saloon but what is required is the make, model and year for one point.
Title: Re: MJW #550
Post by: woodinsight on August 10, 2011, 10:38:22 AM
Up a level
Title: Re: MJW #550
Post by: yves on August 14, 2011, 05:11:24 AM
1934 Tracford 5CV
Title: Re: MJW #550
Post by: woodinsight on August 14, 2011, 12:19:08 PM
Yes, it is a 1934 Tracford - I have it as the 8hp model whereas you state it is the 5CV. Perhaps that's the same equivalent?
Anyway the point is yours.
I believe this saloon was also called the Mouette but can't back this up definitely.
Trac stood for 'traction avant' - front-wheel drive and Ford for the make of engine it used.
The cars were built between 1933-1935.
Title: Re: Solved - MJW #550 - Tracford 5cv/8hp Saloon 1934
Post by: woodinsight on August 14, 2011, 12:42:40 PM
I should also add that one of the Beaulieu Encyclopedia's rare mistakes is in listing the Tracford as a Tracfort!
Title: Re: Solved - MJW #550 - Tracford 5cv/8hp Saloon 1934
Post by: Wendax on August 14, 2011, 04:36:21 PM
I disagree about Beaulieu making a mistake, as even René Bellu has it as Tracfort, stating that it is often, but incorrectly called Tracford because of its use of the Ford Y engine. Interesting fact, BTW, is that it featured front wheel drive, although the Ford Y was rear wheel driven.
Title: Re: Solved - MJW #550 - Tracford 5cv/8hp Saloon 1934
Post by: woodinsight on August 15, 2011, 03:37:56 AM
Quote from: Wendax on August 14, 2011, 04:36:21 PM
I disagree about Beaulieu making a mistake, as even René Bellu has it as Tracfort, stating that it is often, but incorrectly called Tracford because of its use of the Ford Y engine. Interesting fact, BTW, is that it featured front wheel drive, although the Ford Y was rear wheel driven.
Well I never!
You learn something new everyday here on AP.
Thanks for enlightening us Wendax.
Title: Re: Solved - MJW #550 - Tracfort 5cv/8hp Saloon 1934
Post by: sixtee5cuda on June 28, 2012, 07:08:40 PM
This seems to be the same vehicle, labelled as a "Tourisme" or "Tourism"
Title: Re: Solved - MJW #550 - Tracfort 5cv/8hp Saloon 1934
Post by: sixtee5cuda on June 28, 2012, 07:09:37 PM
I also found this image of a model named "Sport"
Title: Re: Solved - MJW #550 - Tracfort 5cv/8hp Saloon 1934
Post by: Wendax on August 07, 2015, 05:44:22 PM
The sports car went by the name of Irlande, and the saloon was called Mouette.
Title: Re: Solved - MJW #550 - Tracfort 5cv/8hp Saloon 1934
Post by: Wendax on February 02, 2018, 03:38:58 PM
The car from the Paris Salon still survives: