"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
12/23/2015 at 15:56 • Filed to: France, Strange, Cri-Cri, Petomane, Citroen
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"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
12/23/2015 at 15:56 • Filed to: France, Strange, Cri-Cri, Petomane, Citroen | 6
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Many strange things are associated with France. Some are unique, some deservedly so and some should remain there.
Citroen Visa dash. Citroen went their own way when it came to deciding how a dash and its controls should be. Think that’s odd? Look up the BX and CX.
Snails. Most of us try to exterminate them from the garden. So do the French, by eating them, often with garlic.
Frogs’ legs.
The Citroen M35 and GS Birotor (at the back)
Rotary engine, hydropneumatic suspension, manual gearbox with torque converter and automatic clutch (shared with the NSU Ro80). The Birotor was a production model but only a few hundred were sold. I saw one for sale last year for €7,000.
The Cri-Cri. Smallest manned twin engine plane in the world.
Napoléon Bonaparte
A small excitable chap of foreign extraction with a tendency to megalomania. Would have been unique but then Nicolas Sarkozy arrived.
The Citroen ID. Based on the Goddess, the Idea was a cheapo model with sticky out headlights, manual clutch and gearbox and conventional brakes.
Monsieur le Pétomane. Joseph Pujol was able to do anal inhalation, followed by exhalation. He made quite a living from this singular accomplishment, unlike those others who merely act as if they talk through their lower regions.
The French language has two genders and everything is a boy or a girl.
A car, par example , is a girl. But not if he is a coupé. The Renault Clio, she is a girl. The Captur, he is based on the Clio but nonetheless is a boy.
Violent things, like “war”, “battle”, “rifle” and “machine gun” are girls. “Breast” and “vagina” are as you would expect boys.
The Citroen 6 Ami, unquestionably the ugliest thing in creation. Just to its left is a Talbot Samba convertible.
The Citroen BVH gearbox, used on the DS and nothing else before or since. Centrifugal clutch with hydraulic over ride and a hydraulic gearchange. To start, you put the lever in the neutral position between 1 and 2 and pressed it against a spring. Prevents you from starting in gear. D is for start.
dogisbadob
> Cé hé sin
12/23/2015 at 16:01 |
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awesome dash
RallyWrench
> Cé hé sin
12/23/2015 at 16:13 |
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The Citroen ID. Based on the Goddess, the Idea was a cheapo model with sticky out headlights, manual clutch and gearbox and conventional brakes.
So the one to have, then. That M35 sure is a great looking little thing.
For Sweden
> Cé hé sin
12/23/2015 at 16:15 |
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“Wow this tastes really good when covered in garlic and butter!”
-the French
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Cé hé sin
> RallyWrench
12/23/2015 at 16:16 |
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From the investment point of view, a late fuel injected DS is the one to have. They’re beginning to go for serious money.
The M35 was based on the slightly more conventional Ami 8.
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Cé hé sin
> For Sweden
12/23/2015 at 16:17 |
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Wonderful thing, garlic.
OPPOsaurus WRX
> Cé hé sin
12/23/2015 at 16:17 |
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my wife thinks i’m nuts lately, maybe its just the french showing thru
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RallyWrench
> Cé hé sin
12/23/2015 at 16:19 |
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True, but from a purchase cost and repair bill perspective, it sounds like one would be better off with the ID.
TheAnswerIsAlwaysCitroën
> Cé hé sin
12/23/2015 at 17:02 |
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What are you referring to re. the headlights on the ID? I’ve never noticed any difference to the ones on a DS.
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> TheAnswerIsAlwaysCitroën
12/23/2015 at 18:09 |
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It’s the easiest way of telling the two apart!
ID: single exposed Porsche 911 like lights. Yes, that’s a modern picture, it must have been an ID/DS gathering.
DS: double covered lights (but exposed in America because covered ones were foreign, evil and possibly communist)
If that convertible is genuine it’s worth a substantial six figure sum in €, £ or $
That's gonna leave a mark!
> Cé hé sin
12/23/2015 at 18:54 |
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I think they are smoking some really good shit over there.
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TheAnswerIsAlwaysCitroën
> Cé hé sin
12/24/2015 at 04:47 |
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Ah, that’s not quite correct. Both the ID and the DS were made with directional headlights - they were introduced in 1967 across the range. I think about a year after that the DSpecial and DSuper became the entry-level models, so it might very well be that most IDs you see are of the early type, and most DS’s are the later type, but it’s not universal.
This is a DS for instance:
I was thinking that there might have been a subtle difference in headlight shape, like the variations on early 911’s for the European and American markets, though I’d never heard of it. I think the earliest ID’s had paint instead of chrome, but that’s the only difference I know of.
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> TheAnswerIsAlwaysCitroën
12/24/2015 at 05:04 |
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Oh, I see. I don’t ever recall seeing an old type DS, they seem to have almost vanished.
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TheAnswerIsAlwaysCitroën
> Cé hé sin
12/24/2015 at 06:05 |
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Yep, they seem to be very rare. I wouldn’t mind owning a late version DSpecial - I would think that would be the most affordable route to ID/DS ownership, but you’d still have to worry about rust, and AFAIK they require some expertise to weld up properly. But maybe, some time in the not-too-distant future...
Oh, and that first picture you posted is amazing, I’ve never seen anything like that many DS’s in one place! Could it be from the 50th anniversary celebrations in Paris?
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> TheAnswerIsAlwaysCitroën
12/24/2015 at 09:31 |
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It may well be but Mr Google doesn’t know. The only clue I found that it’s a relatively modem picture is the new style German number plate on the car immediately behind the ID.