No, I didn't want to buy it ...
No, I didn't want to buy it. I hate light blue. I hate the Simili wire wheels of the 1950s. I hate pontoon bodies in shrunken US design imitation. And above all, I am a serious collector. I have a concept, I have collection focuses, and Simca is not one of them. My collection is clearly structured!
But I did buy it. On a hot Sunday in July in the south of Burgundy at a brocante on a green field. For three euros, without a box and without a rear bumper.
What was going on? I think I felt sorry for him. He looked a bit sad, with the corners of his mouth pulled down. But he has nothing to be ashamed of. It has a classy two-tone paint job. And the Simili spoke wheels look so beautifully filigree, in 1/43rd scale. Actually - if you throw all preconceptions overboard - this is simply a really well-made model! It's not the car. Well, it is, but much smaller. But I really didn't want to buy it.
I think I need to create a new section in my collection. For all the models I don't want to buy. And there are a lot of them.
About the original: Simca Aronde Grand Large, coupé based on the sedan, built from 1956 to 1958, 1.3-liter four-cylinder, 48 hp. The Aronde (old French for swallow, Simca's trademark), produced between 1951 and 1964, was the brand's first independent model, but initially still with a Fiat engine.
