I saw an article where they were auctioning Dean Martin's - he'd had to wait for it, and had it altered a little. Those must have been some times, 50's and 60's Sunset strip etc....
I know it's a Tatra, I know it has an aircooled V8, I know Simon Redrup has an orange one in bits in Barry in South Wales. I don't know the model
Good game gentlemen I don't even have a clue with most of them but they are all lovely in their own ways.
Sorry - was walking the dog. You are correct!! The new Simca 1300/1500 was designed and developed under the careful eye of Ing. Montabone, who later returned to Turin to head up Fiat’s engineering division. That’s probably why the Simca 1300/1500, although entirely French in design, had an unmistakable Fiat feel to them. They were stylish without being extravagant and good to drive without being temperamental. In France, they were unashamedly middle class cars pitched into the French 7CV and 8CV taxation classes. The new cars inherited the robust qualities of the Aronde. Whereas Simca’s most recent car, the Mille/1000 had its engine at the back, the 1300/1500 stuck with the traditional drive train of the Aronde with a front mounted four-cylinder engine driving through a four speed Porsche-type syncromesh gearbox the rear wheels. A column gearchange was standard along with a front bench seat, although British market cars all had a floor mounted gear change. The 1300 featured four wheel drum brakes, worm and roller steering and 5.90 x 13 cross ply tyres.