SM pictures by
Graham Lane
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Above the SM
had six headlamps mounted behind a glass nacelle. The
inner pair of lamps were connected to the steering as
on the post 1968 DS
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Above
this is the SM ordered by Haile Selassie,
Emperor of Ethiopia. Note the fixed headlamps
as fitted to cars destined for the USA where
Federal law prohibited the use of glass
nacelles and moveable lights.
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Above the
dashboard featured oval instruments, an oval steering
wheel and on manual cars an open gate gear shift.
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Above the
long, sensuous lines of the SM are obvious in
this photograph.
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Above the
under bonnet view shows how crowded and complex the
installation of the Maserati V6 was, particularly in
EFI form as shown here.
Below the
engine essentially was a V8 with two cylinders lopped
off in order to bring the car within the 15CV French
fiscal rating.
Below the
tail end of a Chapron built Opera
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Above
an US specification car which has been
semi-Europeanised with the fitting of the
glass nacelles although the four fixed
lights remain. This car is phototgraphed at
Jodrell Bank, Cheshire, UK.
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Above
and below left and right
Mylord pictured at the 20th Anniversary
celebrations
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Right a
Chapron built Le Mylord cabriolet. More pictures of
the Opera
and le
Mylord can be found in the Tony
Stokoe Photothèque .
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Below a
close up of the Le Mylord badge.
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Above
Graham and his SM
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Above left
and above right and left - more shots
of Graham's car.
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