Autoquiz 486

[carsntrucks4you]

Here the new car for our quiz. Please sent PM with Year, Make and Type.

 

 

[carsntrucks4you]

This car is a 1958 - 1961 Simca Vedette Chambrod. It was powered by a 2400c ccm V8. This V8 was based on the Ford V8-60 Flathead. The name and the engine were carriy overs from Ford. Ford had sold in 1954 there french subsidiary to Simca. So from 10954 there were no more Ford Vedettes only Somca VedetetsThe Vedette was also build in Brasilia  and it was named Chambrod. This brazilian car could also be ordere with the EMI-SUL V8 which was aflathead with OHV heads like the Adrun heads on the 239 and 255 cui flattys. Henry Ford's first mass production V8, the good old flathead, was sold from 1954 t0 1966 from Chrysler

 

The correct  answer were sent in by

GeeBee

porschercr

dw1603

DonW

ChrisR

sjordan2

natthijsgrit

Earl Marischal

 

Well done and congratulations.

 

 

 

[Richard Bartrop]

I got faked out by this one.  I figured it had to be something Soviet or South American, but the headlights should have been an obvious clue.