Description
PEUGEOT 203 SALOON 1949 preparation by E. Martin
1949 saloon, the 11, 217th / 685, 000,
With its original 1948 Paris Motor Show colours and specification:
- Rear boot handles
- Chrome-plated front seat frames
- Wing peaks
- Upper indicator stalk
- Front bumper overriders, vertical beside the headlamp
- Ducellier headlamps
- Grenat 450 paint with red wheels
With a preparation by Eugène Martin
(racing driver with two 1st-place finishes in Grand Prix F1; Solex carburettor specialist, Av. de la Grande Armée, Paris; 203 Maréchaussée tuner; test driver on the Gordini/ Darlmat/ Constantin dynamometers)
Restoration begun in 1990:
- Bodywork:
o Stripped, fully dismantled and sandblasted
o Three-coat paint, cut and polished to a gloss finish
o Solder filler around the rear lights removed
- Interior:
o New cloth for the bench seat, door panels and headlining
o Original front seats
- Running gear rebuilt:
o New crown wheel and pinion, new wheel bearings
o Original steering rack
o Front axle with new E. Martin-specific leaf springs, lowering the chassis
o Negative camber
o Rear springs reduced by 1. 5 coils
- Engine:
o Eugène Martin twin-carburettor inlet manifold
o 4-into-1 exhaust and straight-through silencer
o Lightened pistons, sleeves
o Cylinder head skimmed 1. 5
o Lightened flywheel
- Instruments:
o Rev counter, clock, water temperature gauge
