Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/10/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Classy Jerry The French touch I guess Phx Jerry Lehrer wrote: > Phil and Olliver, > > For those of the Citroen perversion, you should know that there is a > small outfit that rebuilds and sells, like new > Citroen 2CVs!! They are written up in the latest Rodent Track > magazine. Or Rod and Truck or something like > that. Citroen Import Service even has a web site > <citroenimportservices.com> . > > For me the Citroens were always considered a "green" car, as their > components were always returning to their > natural state.. The steel was becoming iron oxide, the plastics and > elastomers were pyrolizing or hydrolizing. I > am referring to the ID 19 and 21 as well as the DS 21. Wonderful cars > when new, (for the first month) > > My garage still stinks of the hydraulic fluid when my bosses DS 21 > decided to poop out all it's capacity while > parked overnight. That was in 1963, whe the car was new! > > Jerry > > > > > > > > Philippe AMARD wrote: > >> Oliver >> You mean a "Traction Avant". Oh yes, it was also used by officials >> and resistants. >> Still a must for weddings BTW, particularly the white models, >> convertible preferably, but so rare to find now. >> Postwar Vienna must have been strange - what's that film again? The >> third man? >> >> Philippe >> >> >> >> >> Oliver Bryk wrote: >> >>> Philippe, >>> the picture of the Citroen brought back fond memories of the Citroen >>> 11 CV >>> Longe that I drove for a while in postwar Vienna. The Citroen 11 - >>> always >>> black - was often featured in French gangster movies of the time. >>> Oliver >>> >>> >>> _ >> >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >