Simca Vedette

Beaulieu and Chambord

Simca Vedette pictures
Simca Beaulieu V8.

The Simca V8 was based on the remains after American Ford had tried to establish itself on French soil shortly after the war. The engine they had brought to the project was a scaled-down version of Ford's side-vented flathead V8 from the early thirties.

 

When Simca took over the estate in 1954, they continued production of the Ford Vedette while they began developing a new model. They further developed the engine, among other things by increasing the stroke length and raising the compression. It turned out to be a stately car with fins and an American 50s look, although the cars were not enormously large, only 4,70 meters long. These were cars that competed with expensive Citroën DS models in France.

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PHOTOS

I have taken pictures of the Simca Vedette series 2, produced between 1958 and 1963. These models were named after French castles, Beaulieu and Chambord.
 
The cars in the pictures are Simca Vedette Beaulieu and Chambord series 2 which came in 1958.
 

Simca Vedette pictures

A completely unique Vedette

The interior has been redone.
Complete interior as it was when the car was new. I like the steering wheel with the V8 emblem in the middle.
Painted in original colors – green and beige
A complete instrument panel with V8 emblem in the steering wheel hub.
French V8
Simca Beaulieu.
Ancient French pride in a beautiful Norwegian agricultural landscape.
Emblem: Beaulieu. Many vital parts intact.
With a view of the fjord. Almost complete car.
Period-typical amcar design for the late 50s.
Almost complete dashboard.
A car wreck in nature can be beautiful, like here.

It seems that the car in the background is a parts car. It has damage to the front and lacks windows, but has details that the "main car" lacks.

The burgundy red car is photographed at a car meeting in Canet-en-Roussillon, in the south of France. The patinated vans were photographed on a private property in Vestfold - a place where there may have been a petrol station in the past. These are probably originally Norwegian cars. The green and beige one was originally sold at Finstad Autoco in Sandvika as the Ford Beaulieu. It has been in the same family's possession before it was restored. The photo of the red car was taken on Hobby Vehicle Day at Hof in Vestfold.

 
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