 1973 porsche citroen DS, WHATS CITROEN |
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| ciateener |
 Sep 2 2005, 10:04 AM
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Newbie  Group: Members Posts: 26 Joined: 30-August 05 From: downey ,ca Member No.: 4,711  |
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| brer |
Sep 2 2005, 10:17 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,555 Joined: 10-March 05 From: san diego Member No.: 3,736 Region Association: None |
French car.
small steering wheel. smells like cabbage. |
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| Joe Bob |
Sep 2 2005, 10:19 AM
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Retired admin, banned a few times Group: Members Posts: 17,427 Joined: 24-December 02 From: Boulder CO Member No.: 5 Region Association: None |
Surrenders a lot, has BIG BRIGHT back up lights with five reverse gears....
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| brer |
Sep 2 2005, 10:22 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,555 Joined: 10-March 05 From: san diego Member No.: 3,736 Region Association: None |
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| VegasRacer |
Sep 2 2005, 10:23 AM
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ELVIRA Group: Benefactors Posts: 8,509 Joined: 27-March 03 From: Between Scylla and Charybdis Member No.: 481 Region Association: None 
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The DS is a good looking car (when you compare it to the Ente). QUACK.
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| Howard |
Sep 2 2005, 10:25 AM
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Incontin(g)ent Member Group: Benefactors Posts: 5,785 Joined: 24-July 03 From: Westlake Village, CA Member No.: 943 Region Association: None
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That's B.O. from P.O. Small tits, underarm hair. |
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| Part Pricer |
Sep 2 2005, 10:29 AM
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Believe everything I post Group: Benefactors Posts: 1,825 Joined: 28-December 02 From: Danbury, CT Member No.: 35 |
I thought that it was a vodka with a slight taste of lemon. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/rolleyes.gif) |
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| ciateener |
Sep 2 2005, 10:38 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 26 Joined: 30-August 05 From: downey ,ca Member No.: 4,711 |
I CALLED THE OWNER AND HE PUT THE AD ON THE PORSCHE CATAGORY BECAUSE THEY DIDNT HAVE ONE FOR CITROEN . AND LIKE I SAID BEFORE I AM NEW TO THE 914 BUT I REALY LIKE THEM. I THOUGHT IT WAS SOME SORT OF ENGINE. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/alfred.gif)
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| Aaron Cox |
Sep 2 2005, 10:40 AM
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Professional Lawn Dart Group: Retired Admin Posts: 24,541 Joined: 1-February 03 From: OC Member No.: 219 Region Association: Southern California |
caps lock off please....
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| brer |
Sep 2 2005, 10:43 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,555 Joined: 10-March 05 From: san diego Member No.: 3,736 Region Association: None |
Bright back up lights? five reverse gears? I thought that was the VW New Beetle? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/slap.gif) |
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| rick 918-S |
Sep 2 2005, 10:44 AM
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Hey nice rack! -Celette Group: Members Posts: 20,460 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Now in Superior WI Member No.: 43 Region Association: Northstar Region
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Leg hair too, come to think of it, that must be the reason for french cut booty shorts (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/ohmy.gif) also leaves a trail of hydrolic oil everywhere. |
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| lapuwali |
Sep 2 2005, 10:53 AM
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Not another one! Group: Benefactors Posts: 4,526 Joined: 1-March 04 From: San Mateo, CA Member No.: 1,743 |
Citroen is a French car maker, known for years for making pretty oddball cars until they merged with Peugeot. They made the first car with a monocoque chassis and front wheel drive in the 1930s. In the late 1950s, the DS came out with hydropneumatic suspension: no springs, just hydraulic cylinders kept pumped up by an engine-driven pump. If it sits for awhile with the engine off, the car sinks. When the engine is fired up, the suspension slowly rises again, levelling based on the load in the car. You can adjust the ride height from inside the car...The same hydraulics power everything else, steering, brakes, automatic gearbox.
The only vague 914 connection is that Citroen transaxles were used in a number of mid-engined sports and racing cars, including the Lotus Europa. Nowadays, they just make "normal" cars, and won the World Rally Championship the last couple of years, and are in contention for it this year. |
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| Sammy |
Sep 2 2005, 11:06 AM
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someone who basically owns the FIA and influences them to change rules every year for their benefit (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif)
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| lapuwali |
Sep 2 2005, 11:32 AM
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Not another one! Group: Benefactors Posts: 4,526 Joined: 1-March 04 From: San Mateo, CA Member No.: 1,743 |
Uh, what? |
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| BMartin914 |
Sep 2 2005, 11:39 AM
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Citroen: French car company that has been around for a very long time. Developed one of the very first FWD platforms (if not the first for a production car). DS had the hydrolastic (?) suspension. Innovative car company (IMHO).
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| VegasRacer |
Sep 2 2005, 11:43 AM
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FIA = Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. The sanctioning body for most of the major motorsports events in the rest of the world, including Formula 1. |
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| brer |
Sep 2 2005, 11:43 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,555 Joined: 10-March 05 From: san diego Member No.: 3,736 Region Association: None |
Hydrolastic was Austin for sure. The mini had it.
Not sure about Citroen. |
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| BMartin914 |
Sep 2 2005, 11:50 AM
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Absolutley the Mini's had it, but Citroen may have been the first. It was basically an adjustable suspension floating on hydraulic fluid.
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| lapuwali |
Sep 2 2005, 12:30 PM
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Not another one! Group: Benefactors Posts: 4,526 Joined: 1-March 04 From: San Mateo, CA Member No.: 1,743 |
The hydrolastic that BMC used was VERY different from the hydropnuematic that Citroen used. The BMC system was fixed pressure, using a sealed gas charge to set ride height, and the weight of the car itself provided the levelling and bump springing. The Citroen system was active, using an engine-driven pump. The indivdual wheel cylinders could be controlled from the cockpit. Indeed, this is how the "jack" worked. The "jack" was nothing more than a jackstand, and you set the one wheel that needed to be changed to min ride height, then set the other three to max ride height. Vegas, I know what the FIA is, I don't know what Sammy's crack about rules manipulation means, however. |
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| eitnurg |
Sep 2 2005, 01:02 PM
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There IS a tenuous connection - the front (podded) spotlights fitted to some 911's and a few 914's (even a 916, maybe) come from the Citroen DS Pallas.
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