Hi Bagheera Friends,
Here comes another question.
My 1975 Bagheera has some features which may indicate that it was originally a Courrege model. Lots of white parts in the interior. Very light gray seats made of perforated vinyl. White seat belts etc.
Is there any way I can find out if this actually is a Courrege or if some previous owner painted the interior white to try to make it look like a Courrege.
Regards,

Stig

The little Aiemac is called !!!!!!

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Un seul mot d'ordre : DEFOURAILLER !!!!!!!!

maybe by serial number.. call Baghbe

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Maybe... Although, I remember that I had 2 series of chassis number for the Courreges ( probably because of the specificities of the 75 versus 76)
Yes Stig, there where 2 different Serie 1 Courrèges.
But, I remember that you spoke of 2 75 Bagheera's. Which one is it ? The basket case or the other ?
I don't think that anybody might consider painting the seat belts. So it might really be a Courreges.

Some pictures ?

, en blanc , il y a en tout et pour tout les pièces suivantes
Les sièges,le ciel de toit,la poignée de maintien du passager et les 2 agraffes qui tiennent les pare soleil ... et c'est tout.

Il n'y a aucun vinyl gris ...

Si qlq peut traduire ... et des photos serais les biens venues.

, Concerning white interior parts, there are only the following ones :
The three seats, sky of roof, the maintained handle passenger and the two staples which holds visors... and that's all.

Grey vinyl doesn't exist ...


If you could insert some pictures, please...

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Un seul mot d'ordre : DEFOURAILLER !!!!!!!!

Hi again,
I have no where to store photos right now but I have mailed them to bagheera.be and asked him to be kind enough to post them so that you can see them.
The serial number of the car is X3550 5X118907

Stig

Uh-oh ...
A car to save
I believe Aiemac will agree that this was one day one of the first Courrèges.


And there on the seat is laying the short central box : specific to the first Courrèges. I never saw any before
Of course the seats has been recoverred. The door ? I don't know.


Nobody would ever try to change the skay behind the seats. Plus the seat belt. This is a Coucou
Look also on the rear wing: where the lurrid red paint is peeling off, I believe this is white satinated that we see.


Aiemac, do you see the same ?


Picture 27 was missing. Lots of white paint, but, if I remember well, Aiemac showed me that the Courrèges had mirrors on each sun visor : A women car


What I believe is that this passenger seat has been recovered in period with the most approaching white vinil they could find.
Aiemac told me once that the most dangerous enemy of the white seats is a pair of denim trouser : after just a long trip, the seats became light blue



Aiemac will probably confirm this.
What I believe is that you must save this car. ( even with some 78 chassis parts )
These very first Courrèges ( this is still one with the 1290 cc engine) are nearly impossible to find even as basket cases by now. So finding one in Sweden !!!
Just imagine it in the winter, on the snow You might loose it and have to wait until the spring to find it back

( a traduire ) .....
Ce qu'on peut considerer comme "courrèges"
- les ceintures
- la console ( par contre elle doit etre gold , a véifier)
- le pare soleil conducteur. ( et aussi été repeint )
Sinon tout le reste est de l'artisanal...on dirait que tout a été repeint .

Il faut chercher dans les détails , ... les soufflets des aérations arrière ,blanc ou noir ? , les joints coffre,porte,

Et le ciel de toit ?

Pas convaincu que ce soit un d'origine ?? , je doit verifier un truc.
.... , bon j'ai encore regarder deux,trois bricole ....
mon verdict.
Un beau jour , le proprio de cette voiture a eu en main, une coucou, ou du moin quelques pièces de coucou.
Mais de la a dire que cette voiture est une coucou, honnetement je crois pas.
On est en présence d'une tentative de "courrègisation" .
Bon maintenant cela depend de ce que veux faire notre ami suèdois , si il veux la remettre en coucou , il y a du boulot, mais cela doit etre jouable, il a quand meme des pièces stratégique ... ceinture,console.. mais il en manque d'autre, .... volant,pochettes.
Mais une partie se trouve encore, et HB a encore le skai gold, donc .... au boulot

Par contre quid du chassis ?

Hi again,
Thanks for your help Bagheera.be
The missing photo was taken without flash and was no good.
I agree that it would be nice to restore this one if it really is an early Courrege.
Most of the parts are still with the car but the chassie is in a terrible state.
It has been "repaired" with glass fibre pieces. I feel confident that I can do it provided that I get help from all of you specifying and maybe finding the correct materials especially for the interior.
I will try to grind off the layers of paint all the way down to the GRP so that you can see what it looks like. This may assist in proving if it is a Courrege.
Regards,

Stig

I translated my post ( J'ai traduis à présent)
Aiemac voudrais des détails dans le coffre ( couleur des soufflets, des snap on )
Aiemac would like to have some details in the boot, like the colour of the snap on joints or the merdecommentonditsoufflets ( part between the roof aération and the boot.

He is still doubting about the roof panel and wants to verify some things

Juste un truc, .. au sujet des merdecommentonditsoufflets , la majorité des coucou 75 on été assembler avec les dernières caisses de 74 , donc probablement pas d'aérateur raporté.

Sinon, un autre truc, le coffre est garni de skai sur les coucou 75.

On devrait poster une photo de soufflet, et de chaque détails.
Pourrais-tu faire cela ?
Aiemac just mentionned that most of the 1975 Courrèges were built upon the last 1974 chassis and hence had only some lateral slots as engine breather on the roof ( side pilars of the rear windscreen).

Something else is that the boot ( trunk) of the 1975 Coucou was covered in white skai.