Shanghai SH750.

It was in 1974 that mr. Zhong Boguang joined the Shanghai Automobile & Tractor Research Institute. His first design project was the Shanghai SH750, another replacement of the standard Shanghai SH760 saloon. Other than the heavier and bigger SH762 and SH763, the SH750 was smaller and lighter.

Zhong Boguang made some renderings, a wooden and a clay model.

The remderings were fancy. The first prototype was more realistic.

In 1977 two cars were ready, one with a 120 hp home-made Wankel engine and one with the 90 hp 680Q 6 cylinder-in-line engine of the SH760.

I have reason to think that the Wankel engine was the 2110 made by the Tianjin Machine Works, already used in the Tianjin TJ140 truck.

They also bought a third engine, a Citroën V6. I suppose this was the PRV engine, 2963 cc. I don’t know if they used it. I think, the engine would have been too big and too heavy.

Shanghai SH750, 08-05105, the car with this license was painted red, sometimes white. Note the rhombus badge.  

Some sizes: length 4720 mm, wheelbase 2700 mm. Smaller than the SH760 saloon (L. 4830 mm, wheelbase 2780 mm).

According the SAIC  archives the car was named Shanghai SH761S and was launched in 1980. But mr. Que Rongdi, president of the Shanghai Automobile & Tractor Research Institute, had indicated 1975 and named the car Shanghai SH750. Zhong Boguang also names it a SH750.

The third registration we know is 08-14820.

So we have:
three registrations: 08-02383, 08-05105, 08-14820.
four colors: cream (02383), red (05105), white (05105) and black.
three engines: a 120hp home-made wankel engine, a 680Q 2232cc 6 cylinder-in-line and a Citroën V6.

The car acted in the movie ‘Dead Light on Coral Island‘ (Shanhu dao shang de shi guang, 1980). Here some photos from the movie.

And in the movie we can see the rear side:

Conclusions:
Start of project: 1974.
First two cars ready: 1977.
Number of cars produced: may be four, five?
Why was the project abandoned? There was a disagreement between Shanghai Auto Works and the Shanghai Automobile & Tractor Research Institute.
A survivor: No, no cars left.