I wonder if the 203 in the for sale section really does have 400mm tyres given the Australian hub caps. My favorite hub cap, the 1952 domed knock on.
That is a 1952 model. Looks like they have fitted the wrong tyres to the 16 inch wheels.I wonder if the 203 in the for sale section really does have 400mm tyres given the Australian hub caps. My favorite hub cap, the 1952 domed knock on.
You're darn right there Dano......How about north of $55K in Poubelle's case? I still think it was worth it though!$10,000 seems a fair price in my humble opinion, based on what I can see and read. Would cost a lot more to fully restore one.....
By the looks of it he has his foot on the pedal but no pressure and probably as he isn't familiar with the car is keeping his foot close just in case he needs to hit the brakes in a hurryI'm not sure about the condition of the clutch given that the driver in the video appears to be constantly riding it.
Originally the car had 16 inch wheels, never ever seen a 203 with 400s.It does come up as a late 1951, 1206 when change over to the 52 is 1211 in October so probably August/Sept with an Australian sale date of 1952. Not local assembly at that time. I remember talking about tyre options with Antique Tyres. 16 inches equals 406.4 mm. They said you could force a 400mm tyre onto a 16"rim but it was not an approved practice. By doing that he would have been able to buy 155 Michelin X whereas the 16"Michelins we buy are 175. When the 203 was released here the spec list put the tyres as 5.50/16 but later changed to 5.25/16 for the sedans. The 175 is the same (5.50) the wagons ran here. Not a lot of clearance on full lock but satisfactory. So he was keen on originality. Can't make anything out from that plate.
Didn't have the right action with the gearshift either, plenty of crunching.By the looks of it he has his foot on the pedal but no pressure and probably as he isn't familiar with the car is keeping his foot close just in case he needs to hit the brakes in a hurry
He may have had the 400's forced onto the 16 inch rims.Originally the car had 16 inch wheels, never ever seen a 203 with 400s.
Oh yeah. $6500 so far and the car hasn't even been stripped yet... Just buying goodies to undertake the task!You're darn right there Dano......How about north of $55K in Poubelle's case? I still think it was worth it though!
Well spotted Stevenjust noticed in the more better facebook photos - it runs the original block, i.e. matching numbers, FWIW
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