Just a quick build of one of the kits that’s been sitting in my stash for years. This is a diecast bodied model by Bburago of the Citroen 15CV or Traction Avant. It seems I started it once, but didn’t get far. This time, I decided to get it done and on a shelf.
So there are two years to go before the London 2012 Olympics.
20 years ago today, the last 2CV was produced.
Picture from eclecticcars.co.uk
The Citroen DS (wikipedia article) is one of those cars. It’s just stunning. Yet it was obviously practical as well, you don’t sell 1.5 million vehicles just because they’re pretty. I could just see myself in one of these, cruising along, looking fast even when standing still. For several years there was a Citroen DS ambulance parked down the side of a house in Fallowfield, gathering patina but still looking beautiful. I don’t know if it’s still there, and I really regret never being able to even enquire about buying it.
The lovely grey example at the top of the post is for sale by a company called Eclectic Cars. If anyone would like to give me £19,000 it could be mine.
There are currently no DSs on eBay, but there is one stunning Traction Avant and a “Big 15” Traction Avant which needs rebuilding. They’re also on my list of cars which would make me glow, and you can get me them for less than the DS.
LA FRANCE EN TRACTION AVANT AVEC VINTAGE ROADS
Vintage Roads vous offre l’unique chance découvrir la France sous nouvel angle à bord de nos mythiques
TRACTIONS AVANT CITROEN.
Une escapade à bord d’une de cette voiture, c’est vous garantir de vivre une expérience inoubliable et de bénéficier d’une aura incroyablement positive auprès de toutes les populations rencontrées. Ces contacts spontanés vous permettront d’apprécier une formule de voyage unique.