Classic: Simca 1000 Rallye
Posted on 10-10-2015 at 18:30 by larssb – 29 Comments”
King oversteer in every turn. No gossip about a quarterpounderknoeiende Willem of O. in the back of his Audi AA 8 on a dijkweggetje, but a reference to the delicious throw – and smijtwerk with the Simca 1000 Rallye. Yep, klemtoondingetje.
And the guardian did-ie, if no other, this fantastic Simcaatje, that between 1970 and 1978, many hearts faster did knock. Now much more, because now r-e-t-e-rare. Rust and cars were in those years, unfortunately, the best friends and shared everything, but races, rallies, and hordes of untrained or talentloze brokkenpiloten decimeerden the number of Rallies further to the current, verdrietigmakende numbers. Fichu.
This square box, that since 1961, the market had already been sporting aspirations on the day laid in the form of the in cooperation with Abarth developed Simca Abarth 1150, that between 1964 and 1966 are available. In 1970, launched Simca its own sporty version, the Rallye. In so doing, Simca is an outdated concept back attractive for a larger audience, especially young people with little ability.
That they had in common with this nice sports Simcaatje, which also had but a modest 53 horsepower in the back. With his limited size and weight yet still good for a top of 150 km/h. At a very reasonable charge additionally, the higher price compared to the regular 1000 has a slightly more luxurious version was almost negligible. Simca based this opdondertje namely the cheapest version of the Mille, the Sim’4. There, substantial reductions in them then sprayed black rims below, pasted a few black stripes on his back, mounted a matte black same boot, and a set of lights in front and in the interior in addition, a sportier dashboard, sports steering wheel and kuipstoeltjes. Retecool, although there was at that time by what autojournaille complained about the “two very childish marks on his back” and validate them, to their disgust, even “a kind of deer” on the side. Clearly not the target audience so, who is slightly sour veterans.
Big chance that similar grey-haired elders now, however, feverishly looking for such an iconic Rallye. Or to a Rallye 1, because it was just better. In 1972, Simca with this faster version on the market. Appearance and technically changed almost nothing, but the Rallye 1 was a 1300 cc with 60 HP in his rear planted. This increased the top speed to 155 km/h and he reached the 100 km/h 2 seconds faster than the primal-Rallye: that trick was now already in 15 seconds, quick and easy. As quickly as the 1000 Special, but the Rallye 1 saw there, of course, much more attractive and there it was. As Olga Mastodontovitch and Daphne Schippers at the same time to finish the cross our Daphne also superbly against such a staged Russian he. No wait, now I am doing the 1000 Spécial again huge deficit…
And Daphne, by the way. But we were talking about the Rallye, the Rallye 2 now: still in the same year the Simca with this even faster version. The Rallye 1 had the 1100 cc measuring ter-Rallye cluster and at the same time, the call for more power to be audible. So it came at the end of 1972 the Rallye 2 on the market. Are 1300 cc now had 2 dual Solex carburetors, and thereby increased the power to 82 HP. To 100 km/h to reach was only about 12 seconds, and if you dared you could doorplanken to almost 170 km/h. There you could as an untrained amateur not too many turns or crosswind in use.
Because, by its configuration with the engine at the rear and a weight distribution of 35% front and 65% on those delicious negative-camberende achterwieltjes had to you have to take your harses there. If it is a bit harder was at least, at everyday speeds remained the handling is remarkably neutral. Accidental donuts on the way to blokfluitles were so rare. But if you felt like it and there is truly a place for sat down in that delicious tubs you could driftend to the Simon the White or the 4=6 for a halfje white and 2 bottles of milk.
Arrived there, the disc brakes all around make sure that you are on time it stood still and not with a rotklap between the shopping carts ended up. That chance was in the Rallye 1 is slightly larger: it still had drum brakes on the rear wheels. Both had an anti-roll bar and independent rear suspension with coil springs in the rear and a transverse leaf spring. The Rallye 2 was the radiator forward to be moved and there was a laminated windscreen fitted. In the dashboard was added a oil pressure gauge added, and the performance electric. As they stood next to each other in the price list, until in 1976 the Rallye 2 was further adjusted and the differences even bigger.
In that year it was the ability of the Rallye 2 still further increased to 86 HP. The appearance was also modified: the hood was matte black and features a spoiler, the wheels were white and there was more and other stickers on the ass. The Rallye 1 remained unchanged. A year later, in 1977, a facelift for the entire 1000-series, of which the square headlights and the grill in between the most notable. On that occasion, get the Rallye 1 is a matte black piece between the tail lights. This was the stock matte black paint in Poissy or less. There was also nothing more ordered: the 1000-series ran, after more than 17 years now a bit on his end.
Just before the Mille in 1978, the final production from the went came the Rallye 3 is still out. For the Rallye 2 had been longer opvoerkits of different manufacturers are available, both for technique as for the appearance. These kits were the inspiration for the Rallye 3, with a fleshy uitbouwset around, a thick, transversely mounted muffler under the rear bumper and alloy wheels with wide tires roll eventually have 1000 pieces of the band in this white 105 HP version. Thus was he the king of the upset and also now have a lot more fun around him than such a generous A8 XXL. And a lot more convenient in the McDrive.
Gallery: Simca 1000 Rallye classic
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