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1926 CGSS Amilcar Sports Car

Of all the small sports racing cars that proliferated in France after World War One, the Amilcar was the most famous and most successful. Built at St. Denis fro...
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Of all the small sports racing cars that proliferated in France after World War One, the Amilcar was the most famous and most successful. Built at St. Denis from 1921 through 1937, they did extremely well in the hotly contested 1,100cc class, in which so many little French cars were racing.

The CGSs was almost like a miniature Burgatti grand prix racer. It is a lovely piece of mobile art décor, with its cycle – type fenders and wire wheels. Making all of 30 HP @ 3,600 RPM the CGSs scoots along surprisingly well because it only weighs about 1,250 pounds. The second S stood for surbaisse and the car was a lowered version of the CGS.

This car was imported into Australia in the late 1920s to beat the then dominant Austin Seven. The fact that the car was imported fitted with a French body, rather than a rolling chassis ready to accept an Australian body, makes it a rare item.
The Amilcar is privately owned by a South Australian enthusiast of classic and vintage cars.

*Canon EOS “KISS Series 2’ D-SLR Camera

1-60, 22mm, F-5.6, ISO 400

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