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| johannes |
  May 25 2012, 02:39 AM
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Club Porsche 914 France President  Group: Members Posts: 3,084 Joined: 13-January 06 From: France Member No.: 5,409 Region Association: France  |
Drove this time machine on 100 miles yesterday. This was a great motoring experience.
This is a 100% original unrestored Citroën Traction Avant with 500 000 miles on it. The patina is fantastic and despite it is a late 1955 built, this time machine brings you strait in the thirties when it was initialy designed. Three manual gears with only two synchronized... 2 liters engine with 56 hp... where are those hidden ? Drum brakes ... You have to relearn driving.  ... |
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| billh1963 |
May 25 2012, 04:46 AM
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Car Hoarder! Group: Members Posts: 3,402 Joined: 28-March 11 From: South Carolina Member No.: 12,871 Region Association: South East States |
Very cool. I drove a Ford Model A one time.... What a work out! Brakes, clutch, steering, etc.were all very primitive by today's standards.
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| markyb |
May 25 2012, 04:49 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 100 Joined: 27-November 11 From: Rochester, Michigan Member No.: 13,823 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(johannes @ May 25 2012, 04:39 AM)  Drove this time machine on 100 miles yesterday. This was a great motoring experience. This is a 100% original unrestored Citroën Traction Avant with 500 000 miles on it. The patina is fantastic and despite it is a late 1955 built, this time machine brings you strait in the thirties when it was initialy designed. Three manual gears with only two synchronized... 2 liters engine with 56 hp... where are those hidden ? Drum brakes ... You have to relearn driving. ... A beautiful car, excellent condition considering 500k miles. It looks like it has semaphores? It would be interesting to compare the mechanical components to our 1930's US cars. |
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| veltror |
May 26 2012, 03:15 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 928 Joined: 27-April 08 From: Potters Bar Herts UK Member No.: 8,978 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(johannes @ May 25 2012, 09:39 AM) Drove this time machine on 100 miles yesterday. This was a great motoring experience. This is a 100% original unrestored Citroën Traction Avant with 500 000 miles on it. The patina is fantastic and despite it is a late 1955 built, this time machine brings you strait in the thirties when it was initialy designed. Three manual gears with only two synchronized... 2 liters engine with 56 hp... where are those hidden ? Drum brakes ... You have to relearn driving. ... My dad used to have one of these, he thought it had fantastic road-hoalding..., he also had one of the first DS 19 in the UK... |
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| johannes |
May 26 2012, 03:33 AM
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Club Porsche 914 France President Group: Members Posts: 3,084 Joined: 13-January 06 From: France Member No.: 5,409 Region Association: France |
QUOTE(markyb @ May 25 2012, 02:49 AM) A beautiful car, excellent condition considering 500k miles. It looks like it has semaphores? It would be interesting to compare the mechanical components to our 1930's US cars. This car had very advanced technology and features for it's time. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citro%C3%ABn_Traction_Avant From the first built in 1934 it already had: - Monocoque structure (no subframe) this means the car is light and has very low center of gravity. - Front wheel drive, - Independant suspension with torsion bars all around - Hydraulic brakes - suspended engine Car had excellent handling and was later available with a more powerfull six cylinder engine. The only thing that was outdated was the gearbox. They wanted to put an automatic but didn't had time to finish the developpement. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/upload.wikimedia.org-5409-1338024952.1.jpg) |
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| 914Sixer |
May 26 2012, 07:28 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,883 Joined: 17-January 05 From: San Angelo Texas Member No.: 3,457 Region Association: Southwest Region 
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Reminds me of the 1952 Renualt 4CV I had in high school in Kaiserslautern, Germany in 1963. Dad stuffed a Gordini R8 engine in it. It was fun sucking up VW Bugs.
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| Valy |
May 26 2012, 11:15 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,676 Joined: 6-April 10 From: Sunnyvale, CA Member No.: 11,573 Region Association: Northern California |
I admit: I'm a Citroen fun and love this car. Somehow, Citroen manages to distinct their cars in every generation. My grandfather had a Traction Avant back when he was fighting in French resistance. My cousin still has his 1973 DS. I had a ZX Vulcan, a Xantia, a C5, a Visa. My folks have a C3 now.
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| 1970 Neun vierzehn |
May 26 2012, 09:38 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,199 Joined: 16-March 06 From: cincinnati, ohio Member No.: 5,727 |
Neat car, indeed.
Whenever I see one, I am afraid that all the stereotypes that I associate with it come to mind......Gauloises, berets, the resistance. It must have been a fun trip to have driven one. Paul Attached image(s) 
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