Solved - NEH 2349: Simca 1200S prototype

Carnut · January 03, 2013, 08:01:55 AM

Identify what this car is, for 1 point:

ANYONE FOUND GIVING ANSWERS GLEANED BY USING GOOGLE SEARCH BY IMAGE MAY BE BANNED FOR AN INDETERMINATE PERIOD!

Carnut · January 10, 2013, 05:17:13 AM

Experts?

thorax · January 10, 2013, 05:26:20 AM

based on a Trabant?

Carnut · January 10, 2013, 05:34:58 AM

Quote from: thorax on January 10, 2013, 05:26:20 AM
based on a Trabant?

No.

frederick59 · January 10, 2013, 07:55:17 AM

Fiat 130?

sixtee5cuda · January 10, 2013, 08:32:47 AM

Group B Rally car chassis?

Carnut · January 10, 2013, 11:22:50 AM

Neither a Fiat nor a Group B rally car!

Zerk · January 13, 2013, 10:48:23 AM

Bodywork looks vaguely Ford Escort...ish.

nicanary · January 13, 2013, 11:05:58 AM

Anything to do with DAF?

Carnut · January 13, 2013, 11:31:27 AM

Nothing to do with either Ford or DAF..

nicanary · January 13, 2013, 11:37:06 AM

Was it built for Rallycross?

Carnut · January 13, 2013, 11:59:47 AM

Quote from: nicanary on January 13, 2013, 11:37:06 AM
Was it built for Rallycross?

I don't know. I haven't been able to find anywhere that describes its purpose, but it sure looks like a Group B or something.

nicanary · January 13, 2013, 12:41:04 PM

That body looks familiar - is it a Simca 1000 Coupe?

Carnut · January 13, 2013, 01:07:34 PM

Quote from: nicanary on January 13, 2013, 12:41:04 PM
That body looks familiar - is it a Simca 1000 Coupe?

Close enough that I think I'll give you that; actually it's a 1200S.
I haven't really been able to find out much more than that about it; it's just described as a Simca 1200S prototype, but whether it was a factory rally car or what I don't know.
Maybe one of our French members can fill us in?

Wendax · January 13, 2013, 01:46:36 PM

It looks as if it has moved quite a distance from being a Simca 1200 S Coupé. At least the rear half appears as a tubular frame with mid-engine layout following loosely the Simca looks.

nicanary · January 13, 2013, 01:58:31 PM

Which makes me think it's built for competition. A prototype for rallying or rallycross. Thanks for the point.

dzima1985 · November 25, 2014, 04:07:14 AM

other views -

thorax · November 26, 2014, 02:58:02 PM

sorry but seems not the same car

Carnut · November 27, 2014, 04:43:35 AM

Same wheels and flip-up rear but the car in dzima's pictures have a swage line all the way from front to rear, which the puzzle car doesn't seem to have..
So it looks like you're right thorax, although it could of course be a development of the same car..

News:

Solved - NEH 2349: Simca 1200S prototype