It's built by an Italian company and based on Fiat 850 parts. It looks a bit like the Vignale Fiat Gamine from around the same time.TerryG wrote:You do like finding things I have never seen before. what is a Siata spring? Is it a kit?
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suffolkpete
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1974 Rover 2200 SC
1982 Matra Murena 1.6
1982 Matra Murena 1.6
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The Fiat 850 was a beautiful wee thing, the company responsible for doing that to it should be made to eat their own eyeballs as they clearly aren't using them in connection with their work. 
Here, looking at this for a short time will take the nasty taste away:
There was also an even prettier 850 coupé:
Here, looking at this for a short time will take the nasty taste away:
There was also an even prettier 850 coupé:
J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
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One was a regular almost as much as the Consul GT in The Sweeney.JPB wrote: There was also an even prettier 850 coupé:
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i see your not a fan john 
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That poor matra looks like it has lost a fight and has 2 black eyes.
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
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suffolkpete
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Those Simcas are pretty little cars, much sought after by enthusiasts, well worth restoring.
1974 Rover 2200 SC
1982 Matra Murena 1.6
1982 Matra Murena 1.6
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the simcas are 73 km from me if you are interested in buying them... 
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Not that you have been looking to expand your collection Rich
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.