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CAC Announces the Winner of the 2018 Golden Sphere “Philippe” Award

Congratulations go to George Klein for winning Citroën Autoclub Canada's 2018 Golden Sphere “Philippe” Award. George Dyke (pictured left) presents the 2018 Golden Sphere “Philippe” Award to George Klein (pictured right).Actually, it's the second win for George and again thi ...

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CAC 2018 Christmas Party – Happy Holidays!

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Dec

CAC 2018 Christmas Party – Happy Holidays!

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Citroënvie Articles, CITROËNVIE NEWS & EVENTS, Citroënvie News, Citroënvie Events

Citroën Autoclub Canada's 2018 Toronto Christmas Party took place on December 1. An all-time attendance record was set with 50 people turning out to celebrate the Holiday Season. To accommodate the larger crowd a new venue was chosen – the Mandarin Restaurant in Markham, ON.&nb ...

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CAC Peterborough and Warkworth Fall Outing – Sept. 29, 2018

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Oct

CAC Peterborough and Warkworth Fall Outing – Sept. 29, 2018

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CITROËN NEWS (Global)

by George Dyke….. September 29th marked Citroën Autoclub Canada’s third outing to the Peterborough Lift Locks - a great destination not only because of the engineering wonderment of the lift locks on the Trent River Canal, but also the route taken whereby participants managed to drive on l ...

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27

Aug

SM Restoration Extraordinaire!

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Citroënvie Articles

George Klein is wrapping up his 1972 SM restoration in Richmond Hill (north of Toronto) just in time to show it the Cobble Beach Concours Show in September. What a job George has done - and singlehandedly!Purchased in April 2015 in Waterloo, Ontario, this SM (serial number SB005755, 2.7L 5-spe ...

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27

Jun

SM Fuses

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Citroënvie Articles

by George Klein.....So you open the fuse cover panel on your 1972 SM and see a bunch of black bricks. What the heck? Wonder who was messing around with the wiring? Any SM I recall seeing (and I have owned a few) have had glass fuses. However on the 1972 model I am restoring at ...

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9

Jun

Citroën SM – Wiper Innovation

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Citroënvie Articles

Citroënvie member George Klein sent in these these pictures of repair work he has done on his SM time delay pot for the windshield wiper motor. The delay mechanism for the wiper motor. It is located in the bottom of the steering column housing. Note the white post toward the ...

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24

Oct

Yet Another Citroën Rescue Adventure

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CITROËNVIE NEWS & EVENTS, Citroënvie Events

by George Dyke..... Just when we thought we had unearthed every old Citroën in Southern Ontario came news of another stash that has languished for decades. This time 2 x DS21, a D Special, a Dyane and a 2CV on a farm just east of Tottenham Ontario. Citroënvie member Graham McCreery made t ...

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9

Aug

So, you want to keep a SM tickety-boo?

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Citroënvie Articles

What is it about the clocks used in Citroëns? They seem to be the first dashboard item that fails. And while removal of the clock in a DS is a relatively straightforward process, not so on a SM. Tucked into that sexy way the dash panel tapers toward the center, it requires considerable dashbo ...

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George Klein’s restoration of a 1972 SM from Kitchener

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Feb

George Klein’s restoration of a 1972 SM from Kitchener

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Citroënvie Articles, CITROËNVIE NEWS & EVENTS

George Klein is taking on another SM restoration. But what a find to start with! This 1972 2.7L 5-speed with European headlights was tucked away in dry storage in Kitchener Ontario. Consequently it was virtually rust free and although disassembled in the the front end by the original owner som ...

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20

Jan

Don’t try this in a Tatra!

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COOL AUTOMOTIVE THEMED STUFF (non-Citroën)

Tatras are arguably even more eclectic than Citroëns. The Tatra 603 is a large rear-engined luxury car which was produced by the Czechoslovakian company from 1956 to 1975. It was a continuation of the series of Tatra streamlined sedans started by the Tatra 77 and then the model 87. In Communi ...

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