Unknown Tail Light Bezel

[Cadillac Nut]

I've been stumped on this for a while and have asked in other places, no luck. Anyone recognize this?  I have two, the other one has a reflector on the top.   Thanks for any ideas

[Walt G]

Once again I will ask - please give us some measurements so that we can have an idea - diameter of openings for lens, length and width of the rim ???

[Cadillac Nut]

Length 10" width 4" (in the middle).  Openings for lens are 2.5"

[Walt G]

Thanks, that made a big difference. I thought is was about 6 inches long.

[Larry Schramm]

Looks to be mid 1950's.

[f.f.jones]

Off hand, I'd say it was from a 1959 Simca Aronde sedan (not the coupe or convertible model).  Might be worth 5 euros for the pair.

Edited November 17, 2021 by f.f.jones (see edit history)

[Roger Zimmermann]

Good catch! A Simca Aronde must be an unusual car in the US! This one is good looking; the wheel covers are not the ones commonly seen in Europe. 

[hook]

19 hours ago, Roger Zimmermann said:

Good catch! A Simca Aronde must be an unusual car in the US! This one is good looking; the wheel covers are not the ones commonly seen in Europe. 

I remember back in the sixties seeing several Simca's in Delaware and Maryland. My cousin owned one he bought new in Salisbury, Maryland. Then they all seemed to disappear. I figured they just stopped importing them to the USA, faced with the US regulations and mounting competition from other imports.

[Cadillac Nut]

Wow thank you, I never would have guessed that.  I didn't know that Simcas were ever imported into the USA

[keiser31]

2 hours ago, Cadillac Nut said:

Wow thank you, I never would have guessed that.  I didn't know that Simcas were ever imported into the USA

Chrysler Corporation was in cahoots with Simca for a while.

Edited November 18, 2021 by keiser31 (see edit history)

[pfloro]

My brother bought a new 1967 Simca 1000 from the local NJ Chrysler dealer.  He owned it for a year. It was a water cooled rear engine 4 speed "primitive" appliance.  ...And I do mean primitive...

 

That car spent a lot of time in the dealer's repair shop. It had numerous troubles. The one which I clearly remember was multiple failures of the clutch slave cylinder. 

 

I was 12 at the time and one warm summer evening my father and I drove the car to the dealer to fix something.  Surprisingly, we got there without trouble. The dealer's loaner car was a blue 1961 or 1962 Belair...!  As we drove home, I remember telling my father: " Wow, this is a nice smooth riding car...!"  Compared to the faded red Simca, it was...

 

Paul

Edited November 19, 2021 by pfloro (see edit history)

[f.f.jones]

11 hours ago, Cadillac Nut said:

Wow thank you, I never would have guessed that.  I didn't know that Simcas were ever imported into the USA

You're welcome...just remember my 10% commission when you find a buyer!    🇫🇷

[hook]

I don't remember any Simca's that I saw that had rear engines. The ones my cousin bought were from the late fifties early sixties and had front engines

[Roger Zimmermann]

If I'm right, the Simca 1000 was the sole to have a rear engine.

[hook]

4 hours ago, Roger Zimmermann said:

If I'm right, the Simca 1000 was the sole to have a rear engine.

Ford controlled/owned them in the fifties and early sixties. the 1000 was produced later.

[bryankazmer]

I don't think Ford had ownership or control - SIMCA started from a relationship with FIAT, then bought a plant from Ford.

[Roger Zimmermann]

That's correct, they bought the Ford factory in 1954. This move allowed Simca to produce the "Vedette", a scale-down Mercury with a very small V-8.