Citroënvie member Steve Claassen sent us this photo wondering we had seen this before? The caption stated “Prototype Victor Bouffort garage jamin 3 wheels 1947 engine citroen 11 hp gull wing”. We hadn’t seen it before, but we did some digging and came up up with the following: It is …
You are looking at a 1926 Packard parked beside a Traction Avant. Both cars belong to the Bjorn Teerlinck in Belgium. Bjorn bought the Packard three months ago at an auction. It had been recently imported from the US and, except for new tires, was in totally original and pristine …
We are pleased to provide a status update to the custom-bodied Citroën Challenger roadster that surfaced in the Los Angeles area back in 2000. Originally sold by Challenger Motors LA, it is a Traction Avant convertible with a Challenger body tag and a Traction engine, which makes it a true …
BBC Autos recently published an article on the history of the Traction Avant. Amazingly, the Traction they chose to feature in the article, (given they had 1,000’s to choose from in Europe), is a 1939 7A owned by Chris Adshead of Horseshoe Bay, British Columbia. You can read about how …
Here’s a link to 50 photos of the Liberation of Paris that happened from August 19 to 25, 1944. It ended four years German Nazi of occupation of the French capital. On the occasion of 70th Anniversary people were encouraged to wander about Paris with the original photos, locate the spot …
In Germany, in 2011, various cars lined up to see who could continue straight driving over a plate that shifted side to side. This video is a static camera shot, and a bit mesmerizing, as car after car spins out, but the Traction Avant stays the course every time. Now …
If you’ve got some spare $$ and would like a really nice Citroën, the classic car collection of Prince Rainier III and his son Prince Albert II of Monaco is being auctioned off by Artcurial. There are 6 Citroëns. All pretty sweet! Here they are: (Listed with updated auction results!): …
