Please indentify this stylish convertible
Beutler perhaps? It's not unlike their Jowett.
Not Beutler
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Alfa-Romeo?
Does letter 'B' at rear hint to a belgian coachbuilder?
Quote from: BattlePorQ on June 03, 2021, 11:39:31 AM
Does letter 'B' at rear hint to a belgian coachbuilder?
No
Italian chassis?
Italian Coachbuilder?
French?
Quote from: BattlePorQ on June 03, 2021, 12:58:53 PM
Italian chassis?
Not an Italian chassis but there is an Italian connection....
French with an Italian connection - Simca?
Delahaye?
Quote from: D-type on June 03, 2021, 07:33:45 PM
French with an Italian connection - Simca?
Yes Simca. Locked for you to find the exact model, year and coach builder
I've no idea. As a guess:
Simca 8 from 1949 bodied by Facel Metallon
As I haven't a clue and am too busy to search, please unlock.
Not by Facel, the body is Italian, see previous replies. Open to all again
Bodied by Stabilimenti Farina ?
Stab.Farina Simca Abarth SC Cabriolet, 1951, one-off.
Quote from: sichel on June 05, 2021, 09:42:26 AM
Stab.Farina Simca Abarth SC Cabriolet, 1951, one-off.
Indeed it is, point for you !
Thanks for the point!
Actually I suppose that the design of Simca 8 Sport was from Stabilimenti Farina, but it was Facel Metaillon who built them. Simca production, until 1950, was strictly connected with Fiat; Theodore Pigozzi, Simca patron, had good relationship with Giovanni Michelotti and Stabilimenti Farina so the project of a new Sport Simca started in Turin but it would have been very expensive to import bodies from Italy. The design of Simca 8 is very very similar to other Stabilimenti Farinas from 1947 (Cisitalia cabriolet and Ferrari 166). Then I never heard about Abarth taking part in the project; I've some notice about Gordini improvement of the engine, but not Abarth.
I got my informations from a internet-forum, specialised in coachbuilders.
Quote from: targhediferro on June 15, 2021, 05:02:12 AM
Actually I suppose that the design of Simca 8 Sport was from Stabilimenti Farina, but it was Facel Metaillon who built them. Simca production, until 1950, was strictly connected with Fiat; Theodore Pigozzi, Simca patron, had good relationship with Giovanni Michelotti and Stabilimenti Farina so the project of a new Sport Simca started in Turin but it would have been very expensive to import bodies from Italy. The design of Simca 8 is very very similar to other Stabilimenti Farinas from 1947 (Cisitalia cabriolet and Ferrari 166). Then I never heard about Abarth taking part in the project; I've some notice about Gordini improvement of the engine, but not Abarth.
This is a one-off, apparently with an Abarth engine. Here is another pic, if you enlarge the photo you can see the Abarth-logo