DOTS Toronto

"Tapas" (tapas) 04/27/2020 at 18:14 • Filed to: DOTS, Toronto, DOTS Toronto

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Excuse the bad photos of the Citroen

Tat mint 1979 Civic had only 75k km on it. The owner bought it from a Grandma in Nova Scotia, where it sat in a garage for most of it's life!

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Tapas 04/27/2020 at 18:38

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That Citroen Traction Avant (known as the Light 15 or some other number officially based on the taxable horsepower; Traction Avante was in informal nickname) really is something else. I’ve never seen one, but I imagine that quite the sight on the highway.

Civic is cool too. Interesting how they had a 5 Speed badge on the back to advertise their inability to afford an automatic to the world.

Cé hé sin > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 04/27/2020 at 18:42

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Two years a go I was surprised to find a convoy (well, three) Tractions with a 2CV following.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Cé hé sin 04/27/2020 at 18:51

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I’ve only ever seen two Citroens in America, both 2CVs. Fortunately I was able to snap both of them.

One modified

The other restored

And other than a few Peu geots at a junkyard, that is the sum total of French cars I’ve seen too. The US is pretty much entirely lacking in ghallic charm.

Nauraushaun > Tapas 04/27/2020 at 18:53

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TA is a great spot and that sticker on the Civic makes it so worth while!

Nauraushaun > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 04/27/2020 at 18:54

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They probably paid extra to get more than 4 gears ;) Funny that for a time the automatic was such a fancy thing it was worthy of its own badge

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Nauraushaun 04/27/2020 at 18:56

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After I posted that comment I realized that 5 gears must have been a fancy option on a 70s econobox. I guess that alone was worthy of bragging.

Nauraushaun > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 04/27/2020 at 19:12

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weird flex ;)

Tapas > Nauraushaun 04/27/2020 at 19:51

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It really is Special! 

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Tapas 04/27/2020 at 20:52

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Love that Traction Avant! Civic is cool too! I’ve never seen a Traction in person either, but I’ve seen a few 2CVs, a Dyane van and an SM....no DS yet either, sadly! :(

duurtlang > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 04/28/2020 at 01:04

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You should visit the Netherlands once. On one of the first truly nice spring days I took a 2.5 hour drive, and I saw 3x a DS (not a convoy), a Traction Avant, 2x a 2CV, a CX and many more classics from other brands. All on the highway at different times moving in different directions.

Cé hé sin > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 04/28/2020 at 05:09

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The yellow one still has modern French plates.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > duurtlang 04/28/2020 at 07:58

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I definitely want to visit Europe at some point! To import a FIAT 126p when the tim e comes , I’ve actually thought about flying over, buying it and then road tripping it to the port myself...would be a fun adventure!

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Cé hé sin 04/28/2020 at 09:36

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Since Georgia doesn’t require a front plate, that is a popular thing for collectible European cars. Sometimes they are just Euro style and say whatever but the real OGs have real unregistered plates.