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19/10/2023 4:36 am
This is bound to be divisive and I would not recommend anyone rushing out to buy one if that were possible. But here is a post-squale aquatic development from Joseph Figoni (I think Ovidio Falaschi may have left by this stage). It is a 1954 Simca 7 and beyond the blurb, apparently from Paris Salon 1954 I have no further information.
"An all aluminum body is the main feature of this French sports coupe, at the Paris International Auto Show. It is mounted on a modified Simca Chassis and powered by a Simca 7 horsepower engine. Its designer, Figoni of Paris, expects to reach a top speed of more than 100 miles per hour with the sleek vehicle".
The wings at the front (!) pre-date Chrysler's 1957 fins and so must have seemed all the more extraordinary at the time. However, I also post a close-up of Figoni Et Falaschi's 1937 Paris Salon cabriolet to demonstrate how Figoni's though processes can be seen developing. This cabriolet originally had a central cyclops headlamp formed into the grille with just the two side spots, like the 1948 Talbot-Lago T26, but was altered immediately after the '37 Paris Salon.
John Kuvakas and Frank Reed reacted
19/10/2023 4:43 am
It looks great and is certainly an eye-catching design ! A 7 horsepower engine ? Surely that is vastly extravagant ....... a 4 horsepower motor would seem to be quite more than enough ......... 
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19/10/2023 5:11 am
@mikedetorrice Mike we are 1000s of miles (and worlds) away from Chrysler's Hemi-headed, corral of horses and the U.S. horsepower race!
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