A friend of mine was visiting Uraguay the other month. A non car person she wandered into the Peugeot dealership in Monte Video because she new I lived Peugeots. While in there she discovered that the dealership was celebrating 100 years of Pug in Uraguay with a display of lovely old cars. Here are some
203 saloon
but what's that interesting blue car in the background
Much scatching of heads until a Peugeot history buff identified it as a 202 Dar'l Mart racer. A one of hand built car built be the famous Dar'l Mart dealership in Paris. Mostly they made 403 and 404 Dar'l Marts but they made ONE 202 and this was it.
Built for speed records this car was driven round the Montlhèry autodrome by a team of 5 drivers, who achieved 3 new International endurance records - 1) 1000 MILES at 144.536 KPH 2) 2000 KILOMETRES at 145.045 KPH 3) 12 HOURS at 144.548 KPH
A quick check with Peugeot revealed that they had lost track of the car although the organisation Friends of the Dar'l Mart sort of knew about it. Now Peugeot are looking at buying the car for there museum L'adventure Peugeot in Mulhouse.
A great random car find.
203 saloon
but what's that interesting blue car in the background
Much scatching of heads until a Peugeot history buff identified it as a 202 Dar'l Mart racer. A one of hand built car built be the famous Dar'l Mart dealership in Paris. Mostly they made 403 and 404 Dar'l Marts but they made ONE 202 and this was it.
Built for speed records this car was driven round the Montlhèry autodrome by a team of 5 drivers, who achieved 3 new International endurance records - 1) 1000 MILES at 144.536 KPH 2) 2000 KILOMETRES at 145.045 KPH 3) 12 HOURS at 144.548 KPH
A quick check with Peugeot revealed that they had lost track of the car although the organisation Friends of the Dar'l Mart sort of knew about it. Now Peugeot are looking at buying the car for there museum L'adventure Peugeot in Mulhouse.
A great random car find.