Not many know that

"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse) 09/01/2016 at 16:18 • Filed to: Ford, Vedette, Comete, Cotal, Thierry Dubois, Moutardier

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Meet a Ford Vedette

and a Ford Comète

Apart from being the subjects of Thierry Dubois’ illustrations, they have a claim to fame. They were the only Ford cars to be available with the Cotal electromagnetic gearbox.

BvdV - The Dutch Engineer > Cé hé sin 09/01/2016 at 16:30

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Interesting!

Also possibly using one of the smallest V8 engines in the history of Ford, at just under 2.2 litres.

Cé hé sin > BvdV - The Dutch Engineer 09/01/2016 at 16:34

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....which provided no discernible power.

Mind you Ford Germany used to use an 1183cc V4.

BvdV - The Dutch Engineer > Cé hé sin 09/01/2016 at 16:36

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For some reason I tend to think of a 1.2 litre 4 cylinder as normal, while I think of a 2.2 V8 as extremely small.

ranwhenparked > Cé hé sin 09/01/2016 at 23:30

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The Vedette’s other claim to fame is that it was originally developed by Ford North America after WWII as a US-market compact. We almost got that one here.

duurtlang > BvdV - The Dutch Engineer 09/02/2016 at 02:56

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Well, the displacement per cylinder in that V8 is smaller than in your i4.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Cé hé sin 09/02/2016 at 16:00

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Wow; how do you come up with the content that you do?

Cé hé sin > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/02/2016 at 16:06

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Nothing more than Mr Google....

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Cé hé sin 09/02/2016 at 18:28

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Yes, but there must be some interests that are guiding you. The things you post are always lush.

Enjoy your weekend!

Cé hé sin > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/03/2016 at 09:21

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Well, this post came from a Google search about the Cotal ‘box which I had read about in the past and wondered about and then the only video I could find of one in use came up with a Vedette of which I had never previously heard so one thing leads to another.