Description
1949 saloon, chassis 11 217e / 685, 000,
With its original colours and specifications from the 1948 Paris Salon:
- Rear trunk handles
- Front seats chrome tubing
- Wing crowns
- Upper indicator lever
- Front bumper crash guards with vertical headlamps
- Ducellier headlights
- Garnet colour 450 – red wheels
With a Eugene Martin preparation
(rider of the two times Grand Prix F1 winner, carburetion-station Solex Avenue de la Grande Armée/ Paris, and 203 Police motor prep, Gordini/ Darlmat/ Constantin dyno tester)
Restoration began in 1990:
- Bodywork:
o Complete dismantling and stripping and blasting
o Three-coat paint and polished to a gloss
o Tin on repairs on the front fire (lights) removed
- Interior:
o Bench seat, door panels, headlining in new fabrics
o Front seats original
- Running gear redone:
o Crown wheel and bolts, wheel bearings new
o Original steering rack
o Front suspension with new E. Martin blades lowering the chassis = negative camber
o Rear springs shortened by 1. 5 turns
- Engine:
o Eugène Martin tubing with twin carburettor
o 4-1 exhaust and straight-through silencer
o Lightened pistons, sleeves
o Cylinder head machined 1. 5
o Lightened flywheel
- Instrumentation:
o Tachometer, clock, water thermometer
photos and video at
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