PHILIPPE TUSLER wrote:
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> Interesting french cars : The Facel Vega, The Hispano Suiza, Delage,
> Delahaye, the Citroen traction.
> And as far as the French go, I am a spouse to one, and son to another!
> ...and if anyone is interested, my dad is selling a Citroen DS21 Pallas
> 1972 (?) with a perfect body (Calif. car all its life) and good mechanicals.
>
> >>SNIP>>>
Wonderful car. Carefully developed over many years into an excellent
vehicle. You had to use Michelin XAS tyres on it (asymetrical tread).
Had a friend who did 120,000 miles on the same set of Michelins the car
came with. Saw one at Pas de Calais once being loaded onto a ferry for
merry old. They got it up about 30 feet in a four wheel sling thing,
then dropped it. There was a tremendous f*rting sound from the
pneumatic suspension and the car was a lot lower then than previously.
(Of course, it was designed to move up and down according to the road
conditions. I could cetainly use one here in Pa.) I learned a lot of
useful French words that day.
Geoff Love, The English Connection.
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