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David Wilkins<p>I’ve been concentrating quite a bit on British cars lately, so I thought I’d go French for a few days for a bit of variety. Meet the Simca 1100 pick-up - although this example, as one of the last mid-eighties examples, was badged as a Talbot. With the 1100 hatch, Simca basically invented the Golf years before Volkswagen did - but the pick-up has a big claim to fame as well. More tomorrow! Pic taken at the recent NEC Practical Classics resto show.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/davidsdailycar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>davidsdailycar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Simca" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Simca</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Talbot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Talbot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WeirdCarMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeirdCarMastodon</span></a></p>
Frank<p>Behold, the sole French car at this Euro show - a Simca!</p><p><a href="https://weird.autos/tags/WeirdCarMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeirdCarMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://weird.autos/tags/AutoClassico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AutoClassico</span></a> <a href="https://weird.autos/tags/simca" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>simca</span></a></p>
David Wilkins<p>While the rebranding of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Chrysler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chrysler</span></a> Europe as Talbot did not succeed, the choice of name itself was quite clever as it had previously been used by both the British (formerly <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Rootes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rootes</span></a>) and French (formerly <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Simca" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Simca</span></a>) sides of the operation. Automotive genealogy can be complicated. One snag - did this old, if illustrious, brand really resonate with buyers? Here’s a British Sunbeam Talbot Alpine convertible from 1955. Pic: the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GreatBritishCarJourney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreatBritishCarJourney</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Sunbeam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sunbeam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Talbot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Talbot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WeirdCarMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeirdCarMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/davidsdailycar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>davidsdailycar</span></a></p>
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