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June 11, 2009

Mystery car.

I found this car while hiking in the hills behind Marseille. It was burned and pushed down a cliff many, many years ago. Who can guess what kind of car it is?

Here are some hints:

- metal bumpers.
- four doors.
- four lug wheels (as opposed to the three lugs of so many French cars of yesteryear)
- four cylinders, single carburetor.
- rear wheel drive, manual transmission.
- not an OHC engine.
- rear taillights appear to be upright.









4 comments:

  1. Ian RothwellJune 11, 2009 5:55 PM

    Looks to be a Peugeot engine...

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  2. Ronan GlonJune 12, 2009 12:39 AM

    That was one of my first guesses as well, a 404, but the nothing else matched up.

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  3. T+August 04, 2009 6:33 AM

    I would say this look like an old Bmw 3's with a small 1.6l or 1.8l engine... (316 or 318)
    Shapes (front chassis, thin doors) are matching, powering unit could look like second picture...

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  4. Ronan GlonAugust 04, 2009 9:41 AM

    Neah, it's actually a Chrysler 180.

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