1920 Peugeot 3 Litre Boattail Monopsoto

The development of Peugeot's twin-overhead camshaft engines were largely responsible for the company's racing achievements from 1912 onwards for their competition cars. The company went on step further in 1920 with the Marcel Greemillion designed 3-liter, triple-overhead-cam unit. Three cars were entered for the Indianapolis 500 but sadly they all retired.

The triple-overhead-cam units reverted back to the twin-overhead-cam design for the following year.

This car was entered again at the Indianapolis 500 race and driven by French driver Jean Chassagne. Sadly, it again retired prematurely. The car returned to France and Peugeot retained the car at the Montlhery circuit south of Paris. It is said that just as France was invaded in 1939 the car was driven at full speed ahead of the advancing forces and ended up in Bordeaux, where it stayed in a museum.

This vehicle is a unique racing car that helped to formulate the now-common twin-overhead-cam engine found in many modern cars.