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Citroen 'goddess' feted in Paris
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| October 9, 2005
| By Hugh Schofield, Paris
Posted on 10/09/2005 9:39:54 AM PDT by aculeus
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To: aculeus
Why do the French plant so many trees? So the Germans can march in the shade.
Euro Disney had to discontinue the fireworks. As soon as the French heard them they surrendered.
To: aculeus
beep beep. It's almost as ugly as a 1961 Plymouth Valiant.
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posted on
10/09/2005 11:17:01 AM PDT
by
Cobra64
To: aculeus
Say what you will about the French, this was a great looking car for the mid 1950s. I am sorry, but I thought they were ugly then and I think they are ugly now. They may have been a good design as far as quality goes but they were, and are, flat out ugly, IMO.
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posted on
10/09/2005 11:18:08 AM PDT
by
calex59
To: Dark Skies
The bottom pic reminds me of The Pink Panther driving debacle. Is Peter Sellers at the wheel?
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posted on
10/09/2005 11:20:28 AM PDT
by
Cobra64
To: aculeus
Say what you will about the French, this was a great looking car for the mid 1950s. OK, here's what I will say:
"The French stink, and the Citroen always was -- and always will be -- one of the ugliest and most ill-conceived mechanical contrivances that has ever existed upon this planet."
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posted on
10/09/2005 11:23:46 AM PDT
by
TXnMA
(Iraq & Afghanistan: Bush's "Bug-Zappers"...)
To: Cobra64
Is Peter Sellers at the wheel? "Maybe, yes...maybe, no."
To: Dark Skies
Thanks. Sellers was a terrific actor! In one movie, he played about six different characters. Very clever.
Too bad he's dead.
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posted on
10/09/2005 11:44:19 AM PDT
by
Cobra64
To: aculeus
"Say what you will about the French, this was a great looking car for the mid 1950s."
Well, the looks are Italian. Reread the article.
Nik
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posted on
10/09/2005 11:44:27 AM PDT
by
Nik Naym
To: aculeus
I thought the word "citroen" was part of the French national anthem "Marseillaise": "Aux armes, les citroens!"
To: aculeus
I always liked the look of it.
To: Dark Skies
2CV... A couple Belgian friends of mine once tried crossing Algeria in a 2CV. They indulged in too much of the local smoke and awoke the next morning somewhere in the middle of the desert. The damned car just rolled along all night long. I'll have to admit one or two bad nights in a 2CV...
Thirties french design was world shattering:
![](http://www.petersen.org/images/Exhibitimages/Delage_1937.jpg)
'37 Delage
![](http://www.petersen.org/images/Exhibitimages/Delahaye_1939_165.jpg)
'39 Delahaye Twelve
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posted on
10/09/2005 7:47:40 PM PDT
by
nicollo
(All economics are politics.)
To: nicollo
Wow! I wish designer would take a look back to the 30's and 40's for ideas rather than making everything look like silver blobs.
I love the old Rover's and Austin's.
To: nicollo
Wow! I wish designers would take a look back to the 30's and 40's for ideas rather than making everything look like silver blobs.
I love the old Rover's and Austin's.
To: aculeus
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posted on
10/09/2005 7:56:21 PM PDT
by
Fierce Allegiance
(The most dangerous place in America is a mother's womb.)
To: nicollo
Holy Smokes...incredible! Love that teardrop style. They look like Bugatti's...
To: Dark Skies
They look like Bugatti's...
Correction: Bugattis look like them!
A huge influence on automotive design was the French Concours d'Elegance, which stressed individual coachwork. While not a tear drop, this earlier example from the Concourse is sweet on so many levels...
![](http://stretching-it.com/images/limo_book/Buy-05.JPG)
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posted on
10/09/2005 8:16:41 PM PDT
by
nicollo
(All economics are politics.)
To: kingsurfer
Thirties design was amazing. I credit it to the 1927 demise of the Model T. With that pox finally dead, car makers were freed to stress individuality over manufacturing repetition. GM led the way, but the smaller builders were more free to pursue it. Chrysler was especially innovative, although not always with success, such as with this sales bomb that started the whole tear-drop craze:
![](http://oldcarandtruckpictures.com/Airflow/1934_Chrysler_Airflow_+_train,_1024x768=tord=.jpg)
1934 Chrysler Airflow
Here are a few more images from the early Thirties:
![](http://www.stretching-it.com/images/auto_misc/AQ1930s_AI_d_Img_1424_b.JPG)
Custom Cab
![](http://www.stretching-it.com/images/auto_misc/AQ1930s_AI_f_Img_1440.JPG)
Harry Hartz mounted his car body backwards in order to prove the aerodynamics of the tear drop shape... he drove it from Michigan to NYC!
![](http://www.stretching-it.com/images/auto_misc/AQ1930s_AI_g_Img_1445.JPG)
Fox Film built this limousine for actress Lillian Harvey
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posted on
10/09/2005 8:32:50 PM PDT
by
nicollo
(All economics are politics.)
To: aculeus
Yucko, it's definitely one of the ugliest cars ever made, imho. Always made me feel slightly queasy when I saw one.
To: RoadTest
I like the '53 Studebaker hardtop coupe better. I'll stick with my bulletnose.
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posted on
10/09/2005 8:57:57 PM PDT
by
uglybiker
(This tagline sponsored by the Masonic/Illuminati/NWO Conspiracy. BOO!)
To: aculeus; Constitution Day
Hot rod citroen ping.
Sorry, #43 was meant for CD
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posted on
10/10/2005 4:49:57 AM PDT
by
Fierce Allegiance
(The most dangerous place in America is a mother's womb.)
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