Peugeot 203 Calès – 1954 French registration title Sold without technical control The story of this intriguing Roadster begins at the dawn of the 1950s, in an alleyway in Bordeaux housing the garage of the local dealer, a certain Jacques Calès...

At the time, this motor racing enthusiast was preparing his own barchetta, using Simca 8 parts, to take part in the few Grand Prix events in the area.

This was the case at the 1953 Grand Prix de Bressuire, where he entered a Simca Sport Spéciale 1,090 cc in the sports category.

In 1964, Firmin Dura, the coachbuilder at the Peugeot dealership in Dax, produced the model that illustrates these pages, in the form of a tubular chassis powered (from then on) by a prepared 203 engine, and fitted with a front axle, rear axle and original Simca suspension.

At the time, the Calès had just finished his racing career and needed a new body.

Firmin Dura completed the work that had already been started by Henri Rignault.

Our elegant Roadster emerged fr...