Ferblantine
(1952~53)

La Rageuse (The Furious)
(1960~61)

Le Combi (The Microbus)
(1972~74)

La Cox (The Bug)
(1973)

Others

Ferblantine en vert pâle décoloré


Ferblantine en noir brillant

At the end of 1965, my father, then a student in psychology, bought this abandonned split from a student in sciences in the university town of Talence near Bordeaux. This student must have bought it from a military aviator.
The gearbox was a mess, and he changed it himself with the help of a friend!
The color was originally a faded pale green, and he get it painted in gloss black.

We can precisely date it from between october 1952 and march 1953 thanks to the deflectors and the front oval grids.

He sold it in 1967 in Bordeaux.
In august 2000 my father found this 1953
split during a journey in Ireland.

Westport

© Thomas Boenisch 1999-2001