• Year of manufacture 
    1924
  • Car type 
    Convertible / Roadster
  • Lot number 
    71
  • Condition 
    Used
  • Interior colour 
    Black
  • Location
    France
  • Exterior colour 
    Red

Description

Serial number 20237 - Type VAL 3 Serie GS - 7HP
Very good condition - Superb line
Extremely rare model - French collector's registration

The brand was named after Emile Salmson (1859-1917), son of Jean-Jules Salmson and grandson of Jean-Baptiste Salmson, of Swedish origin, who opened a workshop specialising in pumps and steam engines around 1890. He then expanded into aeronautics, manufacturing the Canton-Unné seven-cylinder star engine mounted by Breguet and Voisin from 1909. At the beginning of 1913, the Société des Moteurs Salmson (SMS) was created. Once peace had returned, part of the business was converted to the manufacture under licence of the English G.N. (Godfrey and Nash) cyclecar, launched for the 1919 Paris Show. Two years later, the AL type used a double overhead camshaft engine on the GS (Grand Sport) version. Heavily modified (GSS, GSC and GS-GP), it won numerous races in its class, including the Bol d'Or (1923), the 24 Hours of Le Mans (1926, 1927, 1928) and the 200 Miles of Brooklands (1922, 1923, 1924, 1925). In the autumn of 1921, the Saint Andrew's Cross became the brand's emblem.

This Salmson Grand Sport 1100, number 20237 of 1924 is equipped with a very nice streamlined body. It is in excellent condition. It has its double overhead camshaft engine number 872, which is in good working order and starts easily via a Ducellier starter. The car's history goes back to 10 November 1924, when it was bought new by Mr Noël, living in Versailles. The Grand Sport was then registered 802 Y 75. Subsequently, on 23 April 1937, the car became the property of Mr Charles Glersson in Lyon and was registered as 6387 PF 8, as confirmed by the original registration document. The dashboard is of course fitted with period instrumentation signed O.S. and Paris-Rhône.
This is a nice way to get a foot in the "pre-war" era with a remarkable car, especially with its double overhead camshaft engine, which Bugatti, in comparison, would adopt much later by copying the American Millers.
With your glasses on, all your senses are alert in a cyclecar and you quickly forget the rest of the world to concentrate on your driving and enjoy the landscape. This Salmson is finally the essence of adventure, as Charles Lindbergh said, it is in every breath of wind, and this Salmson promises you some.
This is a beautiful cyclecar, ready to participate in historic events!


Osenat
5 Rue Royale
none
77300Fontainebleau
France
Contact Person Kontaktperson
Title 
Mr
First name 
Stéphane
Last name 
Pavot

Phone 
+33-180819010
Mobile phone 
+33-648979699