Amilcar Type CGSS
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.jpg) Amilcar Type CGSS from 1927
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| Type CGSS | |
| Production period: | 1926-1929 |
| Class : | Sports car |
| Body versions : | Roadster , coupe |
| Engines: |
Petrol engines : 1.1-1.2 liters (33 hp) |
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| Wheelbase : | 2323 mm |
| Empty weight : | 550 kg |
| Previous model | Amilcar Type CGS |
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The Amilcar Type CGSS ( Amilcar CGSS for short ) was a passenger car of the French brand Amilcar . The CGSS stood for Chassis Grand Sport Surbaissé . Surbaissé means lower.
description
The vehicle was presented in June 1926 and replaced the Amilcar Type CGS . It was designed to be even sportier.
The four-cylinder engine mainly used corresponded to the previous model except for a slightly modified camshaft . It had 60 mm bore , 95 mm stroke , 1074 cm³ displacement , 7 Cheval fiscal and 33 HP engine power. From February 1929 a larger Amilcar Type M 2 engine with 60 mm bore, 110 mm stroke and 1244 cm³ displacement was also in the price lists. It remains unclear whether this was a mistake in the price list or whether the vehicles from the last year of production actually received this engine.
The chassis was designed lower. In addition, the wheelbase was shortened to 2323 mm, while the track width remained the same at 1090 mm. The curb weight was given as 550 kg. A differential gear was only available from 1928 . The steering corresponded to the Amilcar Type G .
Many vehicles were bodied as roadsters . They had small steering front fenders . Initially, the structure was without doors and windshield, while the two seats were arranged slightly offset. Later two doors and a windshield were available and the seats next to each other. The bodywork company Carrosserie Charles Duval produced the bodies. It also offered a coupe . A coupé from Brichet from Geneva has also come down to us.
The engines were given the numbers from 41,001 to 41,985, which suggests 985 vehicles. However, an overlap with type CGS is possible. The numbers 41,926 to 41,985 have been handed down for the last year of production in 1929.
Auction results
Bonhams 2014 auctioned a vehicle in 1927 for 191,400 dollars .
In 2015, Artcurial fetched 54,832 euros for a vehicle in very poor condition from the Baillon Collection , ten times the upper estimate.
Again Artcurial was able to auction a 1927 vehicle for 45,296 euros in 2016.
Bonhams auctioned a vehicle from 1928 in January 2018 for an undisclosed price.
Artcurial achieved 83,440 euros in February 2018.
Bonhams auctioned the vehicle with the British registration number BF 6205 for £ 68,700 in March 2018 .
Aguttes achieved 91,640 euros in April 2018.
In June 2018, Osenat was able to auction a vehicle from around 1927 for 68,400 euros.
In September 2018, a vehicle with a lower estimate of 85,000 euros was not auctioned.
Brightwells offered a vehicle from 1928, modified with parts from a Riley 9 in 1932, in October 2018 and auctioned it for £ 76,160.
literature
- Gilles Fournier, David Burgess-Wise: Amilcar . Dalton Watson, Deerfield 1994, ISBN 1-85443-218-4 (English, French).
Web links
- Vehicle description at Cercle Pégase Amilcar (French)
- Technical data at Cercle Pégase Amilcar (French)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c Gilles Fournier, David Burgess-Wise: Amilcar . English edition. Dalton Watson, Deerfield 1994, ISBN 1-85443-218-4 , pp. 267-269 (English).
- ^ A b Gilles Fournier, David Burgess-Wise: Amilcar . English edition. Dalton Watson, Deerfield 1994, ISBN 1-85443-218-4 , pp. 53 (English).
- ^ Gilles Fournier, David Burgess-Wise: Amilcar . English edition. Dalton Watson, Deerfield 1994, ISBN 1-85443-218-4 , pp. 51 (English).
- ↑ 2014 auction (accessed April 6, 2020)
- ↑ Auction 2015 (English and French, accessed April 6, 2020)
- ↑ Auction 2016 (English and French, accessed April 6, 2020)
- ↑ Auction January 2018 (accessed April 6, 2020)
- ↑ Auction February 2018 (English and French, accessed April 6, 2020)
- ↑ Auction March 2018 (accessed April 6, 2020)
- ↑ Auction April 2018 (English and French, accessed April 6, 2020)
- ↑ Auction June 2018 (French, accessed April 6, 2020)
- ↑ Auction September 2018 (English and French, accessed April 6, 2020)
- ↑ Auction October 2018 (accessed April 6, 2020)
