Puzzle #162 - Solved! Salmson 2300 by Motto

Otto Puzzell · January 04, 2007, 04:54:22 AM

Know what it is?

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Ultra · January 04, 2007, 11:43:28 PM

Don't know what it is but I think it looks sweet.

porridgehead · January 05, 2007, 12:09:04 AM

I was thinking the exact same thing. It has a Mercedes 250 Seb Coupe style greenhouse with an Italian coachwork body. A very iappealing combo, if'n you ask me.

shamrock · January 05, 2007, 02:17:15 AM

could it be a special bodied talbot .

Otto Puzzell · January 05, 2007, 05:17:53 AM

Not a Talbot or a Merc.

MG · January 05, 2007, 07:51:49 AM

I actually think its a Studebaker. Probably designed by Raymond Loewy before the roof fell in......

Otto Puzzell · January 05, 2007, 07:54:55 AM

Not a Studebaker

SeaLion · January 06, 2007, 09:39:52 AM

Is it french?
A rebodied Ford/Simca Vedette or Ford/Simca/Facel Comète perhaps?

Otto Puzzell · January 06, 2007, 11:09:06 AM

Not a Ford, Simca or Facel.

Allan L · January 08, 2007, 11:56:05 AM

Photo seems to be taken at a French-speaking location, so either Geneva or Paris Show.

Otto Puzzell · January 17, 2007, 01:56:52 PM

Yep.

lynxd67 · January 18, 2007, 12:18:18 PM

Facel vega?

Otto Puzzell · January 18, 2007, 12:36:51 PM

Not a Facel

MG · January 18, 2007, 07:17:58 PM

Monteverdi at Geneva?

Allan L · January 19, 2007, 04:35:13 AM

Quote from: MG on January 18, 2007, 07:17:58 PM
Monteverdi at Geneva?

Any connection with Montiverdi's Vespas?

Otto Puzzell · January 19, 2007, 04:40:04 AM

Quote from: MG on January 18, 2007, 07:17:58 PM
Monteverdi at Geneva?

No, not a Monteverdi

shamrock · January 19, 2007, 06:16:02 AM

How about a Graber bodied Rover ?

Otto Puzzell · January 19, 2007, 08:39:38 AM

Not a Rover.

Allan L · January 21, 2007, 12:44:46 PM

Coachbuilder's Salmson?

Otto Puzzell · January 22, 2007, 04:49:00 AM

Oui!

Allan L · January 22, 2007, 06:13:31 AM

Quote from: Allan L on January 21, 2007, 12:44:46 PM
Coachbuilder's Salmson?

I suppose you want the name of the coachbuilder?
Chapron?

Otto Puzzell · January 22, 2007, 07:18:30 AM

I was looking for the model. However, the coachbuilder is not Chapron.

Allan L · January 22, 2007, 07:46:30 AM

Quote from: KarnUtz on January 22, 2007, 07:18:30 AM
I was looking for the model. However, the coachbuilder is not Chapron.

2300

Otto Puzzell · January 22, 2007, 07:49:33 AM

Correct!

This car was built by the Italian coachbuilder, Motto. Constructed at the very end of Salmson's history as a manufacturer, this car appeared at the Paris Salon in 1956.

Allan L · January 23, 2007, 09:42:11 AM

I found no photo to match this, but my references said Chapron and Motto built bodies for the 2300 and I guessed the wrong one on a 50/50 chance.

Other than that I have never even heard of Motto, much less seen examples of their work

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Puzzle #162 - Solved! Salmson 2300 by Motto