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David Wilkins Apr 23, 2023

Today, two super-desirable, achingly beautiful Chapron Citroën DS models for the price of one. The frontal view is of a 1965 Le Dandy two-door hard-top coupé (no doubts about that classification), while the rear view is of a two-door convertible Décapotable model. Both snapped at #TechnoClassica Essen in 2014. I believe the still-rare #DS Décapotable was the most common of the #Chapron DS conversions. More stunning cars from #Citroen to come. #WeirdCarMastodon #davidsdailycar

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drawks Apr 23, 2023

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I happened across this good lookin' Citroen in Lenk im Simmental Switzerland 5 or 6 years ago.

This may have been the first time that my daughter said, "Daaaaad! You're being weird taking pictures of someone's car!" And well now she says it all the time :)

At any rate, I don't know much about these oddball French autos, but this one looked like someone spent a lot of hours carefully loving it :) absolutely top notch!

#WeirdCarMastodon #citroen

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David Wilkins

@drawks Thanks - looks great. I’m not sure but I think while Chapron built all the convertibles, most were sold to customers through mainstream Citroen dealers but some, perhaps fancier, ones were done/sold separately by Chapron itself. I think the chrome strips along the flanks may mean this one falls into the latter category. Just a guess, though.