Traction Avant Portuguese Performance Homage
Rally enthusiast João de Lacerda became aware of a 15-6 tweaked for performance by Philippe Rochat. João’s grandson decided to re-create it in their honour.
Rally enthusiast João de Lacerda became aware of a 15-6 tweaked for performance by Philippe Rochat. João’s grandson decided to re-create it in their honour.
Known to colleagues as PJB, he directed Citroën as a vice-president and as chairman from 1935 until his death in a car accident.
With 2.5 years of development, HY Conversions in The Netherlands has honed designs for dramatically accelerating HY Van performance and delivering stopping power to match.
This car had the registration number PP-37-98 in the Netherlands. The chassis number: 54.05.005. The car was exported from the Netherlands to America about 35 years ago.
Tractions have an incredibly strong uni-body shell construction, just what Sunny needed for his high-impact stunts.
Driving.ca paired up with George Dyke to shoot a profile of his 1954 Traction Avant 15-6 and discuss the history of the model.
Jay profiles the legendary Citroën Traction Avant, in this case a 1949 six-cylinder model.
At Citromobile earlier this month, Ramon Arias de Bles showed off the the disc brake conversion he does to H Vans.
by George Dyke….. Traction Avants get a lot attention whenever they appear at local car shows. One of the questions that often comes up is “What are the dash controls?” Let’s look at those in the mid-1951 onward models such as the 11BN, the 11BL and the 15-6 built in …
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