Mystery car No.6

[BeCos]

Well Paul, where is it? !!!

[PaulKanters]

Hold your horses because, I've seen so bl***y busy over the last few days that I haven't had time to pick one yet. Give me a few hours and I'll have it up for you all...

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[Tony]

Jesus BeCos give Paul a chance would you :rolleyes:

Now where's Mystery car number 6 then? http://www.eforecourt.com/UBB/bounce.gif ;) :p

[PaulKanters]

alright,alright,alright... I am getting the message...

Here it is...

<IMG SRC="http://homepage.eircom.net/~pkanters/mysterycar6.jpg" border=0>

Now that should keep you all quiet for a bit. Please note the alloys are definitely non-standard!!

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[PaulKanters]

Come on you guys (and girls!), what's happening here? At first you posting messages screaming for the next mystery car and now it's up there and I don't hear anyting back...
Are youse finding it too tough ...?

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[Tony]

Yep, way too hard - we just don't know our classic cars as well as you Paul ;) .

The red colour makes it look Ferrari'ish, but maybe its an old Rover? :confused:

[PaulKanters]

Ah come on now Tony, this one's not hard at all!!
Think 1000 or 1200cc, Engine in the back !!! Definitly not a Rover...

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[Justin]

I have it, its a, its a shed (like all the others) ;)

[PaulKanters]

It's kind of vital you park it in one, Justin!
Because if you don't, you won't have much left of the car, that's how quickly they disintegrate...

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[Citroman]

Does that mean that we are looking at a Lancia ??.

[WhipLash]

...or maybe its a Fiat?

[PaulKanters]

Smart thinking lads, but it's not only the Italians that know the art of corrosion... ;)

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[BeCos]

Is it one of those Nissan thingys........the ....no wait......no I just can't remember the name!!!

[PaulKanters]

The, de, de Datsun you mean!
Interesting guess, but I'm afraid the car is European...

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[BeCos]

I think its clear we need another clue here....a substantial clue!!!

[PaulKanters]

You're right Becos!
The car is French, it was built from 1962-1967 in 1000cc form and from 1967-1971 in 1200cc form. You would find very few of these cars over here, but some of you might now it's little boxy brother (please note Boxy and not Poxy!!!) of which this car shares the engine and floorpan. It was the cheap boy racer/rally car of it's day...

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[Sean]

Coincidence; I'm pretty sure I was looking at that car in a book a couple of days ago. If so, I'll have an answer later.

[BeCos]

You said boxy, but maybe you meant "poxy", and if so is it a Simca??

[PaulKanters]

Sorry for not answering earlier Becos, but you're spot on! It is indeed a Simca.
I think the "poxy" boxy 1000 gave it away, didn't it.
However, that said I think the Simca 1200S as showed in the photograph was a very nice design as opposed to its boxy 1000 4 door brother. These boxy Simca 1000's were great little tearabout with interesting tailhappy performance to say the least. These cars were cheap and were really the boy racer "escorts" of their time. They even brought out a Rally version with two black striped over the back end and a matt black bonnet, anyone remember those?
Rust was the biggest killer of all Simca's so you won't see many of them around.

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[Chancer]

Excuse my ignorance, but I've never heard of a lot of these cars at all. I've no hope of guessing, ever! :( Maybe make the next one a little easier, and give some extra hints for the amateurs?