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Amilcar C6 1927
 
Below: 2014 photo
Courtesie Thornley Kelham
 
 
 
Amilcar C6
 
Thornley Kelham are currently responsible for the restoration of two fabulous C6 Amilcars. Chassis number 11052 has quite a palmarès placing second on successive occasions in 1935 and 1936 in the Bol d'Or endurance event.

The Chief Mechanic at TK - Paul Woodward has quite an experience on C6's having worked on several of the machines remaining in existence today. With this and another C6 loaded up into the TK racing truck we travelled out to the Vintage Revival Montlhéry - one of the largest international meetings of pre-war vehicles.

I was able to get the shot you see above through kind support of Jean Frederic-Frot from the Vintage Revival. The initial plan was for an hour on circuit. Things have a way of unraveling sometimes however, and on the day we were given 15 minutes. Not much time to pull off a unique shot in almost the worst lighting available. Sometimes you just have to make the best of the situation as it presents itself, and I'm pleased with the result.

Only an hour or so before I was lucky to be a passenger in the C6 for three laps. Looking down from the steeply banked curve at the Montlhéry in-field in the sunshine; roaring along in a supercharged straight-six, is something I will never forget.

Here's a montage covering some of the history of 11052, up to its restoration to a glorious Montlhéry 2013. Quite a sound from an engine which was still being run in!

 

 
Amilcar C6
 
Amilcar C6
 
 
 
Amilcar C6
 
 
 
Amilcar C6 11052
 
Amilcar C6 11052
 
Amilcar C6 11052
 
Amilcar C6 11052
 
Amilcar C6 11052
 
Amilcar C6 11052
 
Amilcar C6 11052
 
Amilcar C6 11052
The supercharger - machined from scratch.
 
Amilcar C6 11052
 
Amilcar C6 11052
 
Amilcar C6 11052
 
Amilcar C6 11052
 
Amilcar C6 11052
 
Amilcar C6 11052
 

Below: 200X photo

 
Amilcar C6
 
Chassis11052
 
Engine:1100 cc straight six engine with double overhead camshafts and a supercharger, these engines were not only works of art but seriously competitive.
 
Chassis No. 11052 must probably be the most important C6 on the market as it boasts a period competition history second to none. In the hand of its first owner, Monsieur Louis Devaud, it competed in a number of French Grand Prix in the late 1920s and 1930s, among them the 1929 Grand prix de Bourgogne, the 1931 Grand Prix de Picardie, the 1931 Grand Prix de France as well as the 1932 Grand Prix de Baule and the 1935 Bol d'Or, finishing an impressive 2nd in the latter and numerous finishes among the first ten. The second owner, Monsieur Georges Grignard, who purchased the car in 1936, continued the car's racing career with again very impressive results, among them a second place in the 1936 Bol d'Or as well as in the Grand Prix de France of the same year. It should not be forgotten what an achievement these results were, bearing in mind that the car was already nine years old in 1936! Its fourth owner, Monsieur Rene Ducreux once again campaigned the car after the 2nd world war atrocities in the 1949 edition of the Bol d'Or. In the hands of Mr Howald the car received a comprehensive restoration from 1999 to 2005, and only recently all the electrics and wiring have been refurbished, so that the cuurent owner describes this fantastic piece of French motoring history as being excellent in every respect. It is being offered with French registration documents, Fiva Class A3 papers as well as various other documents and pictures relating to the car's impressive history.            
 
Owner:
  1. Meme proprietaire que C6 Amilcar 11014
  2. 2009 May 18th:  presented at Auction Bonham Monaco
  3. 199X->20xx: Mr Howald
  4. 194X :Monsieur Rene Ducreux
  5. Third owner
  6. 1936->19: Monsieur Georges Grignard
  7. 1927->1936: Monsieur Louis Devaud

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