I thought I would never see another one. I made a mini-stock out of one
in the early 70's.

The interesting thing to me was that since it had no visible oil filter, some
people thought it never had to be filtered. At the back of the engine there was
a metal cover over the end of the crank pulley held on by 6 10mm bolts.

When the cover/10 mm bolts were removed, and two 12mm bolts screwed into
the cover opposite each other, it popped the cover loose, and you could
scrape the crud that had been gravity-removed from the spinning crank pulley.
Wash the inside with mineral spirits, clean the large O-ring, and you were good
until the next time.

I also had a Bertone-bodied Simca 1000. It was a fastback two seater.
Great handling car, but felt like it should have more power than it did.

Man those were fun cars. To get the engine out faster, we cut verticle slots
over near the tail lights, so two guys could pull the engine straight out the back.

A buddy had a pregnant wife who wanted to autocross his Simca 1000, but
when he asked if they had a ladies class, he was told "No way!"
.........until she beat all the guys, and then it was announced that for the first time
ever, The Tampa Bay Autosports Clubs would be establishing a ladies class.

LOL

I still have a box of some engine parts in my garage.