Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/10/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Haifisch!! Nice. Thanks for the link. There used to be a modified Citroen SM in Hannover with a Mercedes radiator grill - looked rather classy. Someone else had a workshop that specialised in rebuilding 11CVs too. Renault 4s were always very prone to rusting, Fiats of all kinds too. A colleague of mine drove a wonderful little 1973 Alfa Zagato in silver metallic (genannt Eierfeile - so niedrig war's) that finally fell to pieces - lovely looker though. Douglas Didier Ludwig wrote: > I owned two Citro?n DS, a 1961 ID19 and a 1973 D Super 5. Rust was an > issue, but not as bad as the reputation french cars had especially in > Germany (where, at this time, good looking cars were foreign made, except > the 911's and SL's). Alfa Romeos were the rusting monsters, then :-) ... > > What finally killed my DS was not the rust (as the chassis had been hot > zinc dipped a long time before) but the non-availability, or excessively > high prices, of spare parts starting in the mid 90-ies. > > Btw, there aren't much car producers who introduced more innovations on > the market than Citro?n (german wiki page here http://tinyurl.com/4lnsaf). > > Didier > > > > >> Reminds me of a long gone colleague who always said " Never buy a French >> car, they already start rusting in the glossy catalogues" >> Cheers >> Douglas >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >