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Does anyone have much knowledge about these peculiarities? My uncle was a lifelong french automobile fan. And after a shedload of Citroën in his life, purchased a panhard from a collecter in Belgium.
He passed last month after a fight with cancer. Whist car was on a sale or return with a local dealer. Im getting the feeling their reach is limited.
Is anyone interested, or does anyone have contacts with fans of Panhard?
I will get better pics if any interest but bottom right i light blue is the car.
Does anyone have much knowledge about these peculiarities? My uncle was a lifelong french automobile fan. And after a shedload of Citroën in his life, purchased a panhard from a collecter in Belgium.
He passed last month after a fight with cancer. Whist car was on a sale or return with a local dealer. Im getting the feeling their reach is limited.
Is anyone interested, or does anyone have contacts with fans of Panhard?
I will get better pics if any interest but bottom right i light blue is the car.
Edited by Flat6er on Monday 29th September 08:03
Edited by Flat6er on Monday 29th September 08:05
Thank you. Hadn't thought of FB.
Its a lovely comfortable drive. You are spot on. Quirky is a great description but surprisingly nippy to a point.
Yep the market is limited as they are niche. But appreciate the steer on a wider audience.
Its a lovely comfortable drive. You are spot on. Quirky is a great description but surprisingly nippy to a point.
Yep the market is limited as they are niche. But appreciate the steer on a wider audience.
Edited by Flat6er on Monday 29th September 08:14
I went to the Circuit des Remparts d'Angoulême last year and there were two owners of these staying at the same small hotel. Given they were introduced in the early 1960's the design was remarkably modern - not unlike a BMW from the 1970's.
Not sure what engine is in them but it sounded like a fairly old smokey two stroke. Fascinating things.
Not sure what engine is in them but it sounded like a fairly old smokey two stroke. Fascinating things.
The Panhard 24 was a compact two-door coupé, produced between 1964 and 1967, with a strikingly modern body. It was powered by a front-mounted air-cooled two-cylinder boxer motor: the basic design of this unconventional engine dated back to the 1940s. In 1965 a lengthened Panhard 24 was launched and promoted as a two-door four- or five-seat saloon.
Its 848 cc two-cylinder air-cooled boxer engine evolved from the Dyna X of 1952. Producing 50 CV. And a claimed, but unlikely top speed of 89.
I know for a fact it will sit at 60 quite happily.
Plans for a four-door version which might have enabled the car more effectively to replace the commercially successful Panhard PL 17 saloon were never implemented, however. Although the 24 had no Panhard badged successor, a number of the features of the Citroën GS which appeared in 1970 respected Panhard traditions.
The Panhard 24 may be thought of as the swan song of Panhard automobile production.
Its 848 cc two-cylinder air-cooled boxer engine evolved from the Dyna X of 1952. Producing 50 CV. And a claimed, but unlikely top speed of 89.
I know for a fact it will sit at 60 quite happily.
Plans for a four-door version which might have enabled the car more effectively to replace the commercially successful Panhard PL 17 saloon were never implemented, however. Although the 24 had no Panhard badged successor, a number of the features of the Citroën GS which appeared in 1970 respected Panhard traditions.
The Panhard 24 may be thought of as the swan song of Panhard automobile production.
- nicked from panhard owners club and Wiki.
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