Citroën DS 20 - boot badge
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Citroën DS LeBaron Decapotable - boot badge
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Citroën ID19 1963 - badge. Only Slough-built cars had this 'Citroën' badge on the bonnet because of the central number plate panel
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Citroën ID19 1963 - boot badge
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Citroën D Spécial - boot badge
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Citroën DS 23 IE - boot badge
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Citroën DS 20.
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Citroën DS 23 Pallas. The inner headlamps steered to show you around the corners, but these were not fitted to cars for North America
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Citroën ID19 1963 The grille mounted number plate and bonnet badge "Citroën" identify it as a Slough built car. In 1964 all ID and DS cars were given a more aerodynamic nose.
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Citroën ID 19 Rally 1967. This view shows the second nose of the DS range, cars from 1962 until 1967 bore this nose with pointed overiders and air intakes beneath the headlamps
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Citroën D Spécial. In 1957 a simpler and cheaper Citroen DS was launched as the Citroen ID. In 1970 this line became the Citroen D Special and had a 91bhp engine from the DS19.
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Citroën D Spécial. Introduced to replace the ID19 in 1969, the D Spécial was given body coloured roof in 1971. Later cars acquired recessed door handles from 1972
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Citroën DS 20. André Lefèvre was an engineer, while Flaminio Bertoni was a draftsman and sculptor. The DS 20 replaced the DS 19 in 1968 and gained a 103bhp engine.
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Citroën DS 20. The DS body was revised in 1967 (as the DS 19) and the DS 20 launched in 1968 carried on these revisions.
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Citroën DS 23 IE In 1973 the final DS was given a 2347cc engine that output 141bhp for the IE fuel injected version.
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Citroën DS 23 IE. Launched in 1973 the DS 23 was the final upgrade of the 1955 DS design, and in 1975 production ended after 1,455,746 cars.
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Citroën DS 23 Pallas. Introduced in 1973, the DS 23 got a 2347cc 124bhp (or 141bhp in the IE fuel injected version)
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Citroën DS 23 Pallas. Introduced in 1973, the DS23 was only made until 1975 and was then replaced by the CX
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Citroën DS Decapotable LeBaron. This view shows the revised nose and smoother underside given the DS in 1962.
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Citroën DS Decapotable. After Henri Chapron had showed his own study for an open top DS, Citroën gave permission for Chapron to build the official DS Decapotable.
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Citroën ID19 1963. This is a Slough built car. Citroën ID cars had a 1911cc, 66 bhp engine until 1964. ID cars had a translucent 'cream' roof panel.
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Citroën ID 19 Rally 1967. Citroën DS and ID cars were surprisingly sucessful in rallying, winning the Monte Carlo Rally in 1959, and 1967 and scoring high places in other years. The ID 19 here has been re-engined with a later 2350cc engine
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Citroën ID 19 Rally 1967. In 1956 Citroën feared that the DS 19 was too expensive and commissioned the ID 19 (ID = 'idea') which had less hydraulics and was therefore cheaper.
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Citroën ID19 1963. Citroën ID cars were simplified DS with less hydraulics, but the British-built cars were more luxurious than their Paris-built cousins.
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Citroën DS 23 Pallas - indicator trumpets
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Citroen ID19 1963. ID cars had a 'cream' translucent roof. Slough-built ID and DS cars had Lucas 'torpedo' indicator lamps
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Citroën DS Decapotable - interior
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Citroën DS 20. The inner headlamps steered with the wheels to light the way around corners. Reinvented for cars in 2005
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Citroën DS 20, probably the first car ever to have high mounted indicators. Such indicators are very common today, but in 1955 even indicator lamps were new.
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Citroën DS 20 - front indicators
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Citroën DS 20 - tail lights
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Citroën DS 23 Pallas - rear light
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Citroën ID19 1963. Slough-built cars had British Lucas electrics, 12volt from the start. From 1958 chrome rims were fitted and in 1960 French cars went 12volt. This is a Marchal headlamp.
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Citroën ID19 1963. Slough built cars had Lucas electrics. which gave them round rear lamps
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Citroën ID 19 Rally 1967. This view shows the headlamp on DS cars from 1962 until 1967 with air intakes beneath the headlamps. The spotlamps were optional extras.
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Citroën ID 19 Rally 1967 - headlamp and optional spotlamp
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Citroën D Spécial. In 1969 the ID19 became the Citroën D Spécial, and the ID20 became the D Super
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Citroën DS 23 Pallas. The DS 23 was introduced in 1973 when given the 2347cc engine. Pallas was an optional luxury pack
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Citroën ID 19 Rally 1967.
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Citroën D Spécial. Produced from 1969 to 1975.
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Citroën DS 20
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Citroën DS 23 Pallas. High level indicators are common today, but in 1955 lots of cars didn't even have good indicators
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Citroën DS Decapotable. Decapotables always had round rear lamps, and indicators on the rear shoulders at the base of the hood
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Citroën ID 19 Rally 1967.
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Citroën D Spécial - rear wheel. The D Spécial evolved from the ID19, itself a simplified version of the DS19 with hydraulic control only for the suspension.
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Citroën DS 23 Pallas - rear wheel
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Citroën ID 19 Rally 1967 - rear wheel with arch opened out to allow more movement and make easier wheel changing
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Citroën ID19 1963 - rear wheel. This shows the suspension 'at rest', the car will rise once the engine is started.
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Citroën 'Traction Avant'
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Citroën SM
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