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Citroën Traction Avant 15/6
1947 Citroën Traction Avant 'light fifteen '47
1947 Citroën Traction Avant 'light fifteen '47
15 CV
Saloon
/ 4-doors
57/77 kw/hp
Xavier
Molenaar
Oldtimerfarm
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Vehicle details
Vehicle dataMake Citroën Model Traction Avant Model name Traction Avant 15/6 Series 15 CV Year of manufacture 1947 Technical detailsBody style Saloon Body detail 4-doors Power (kw/hp) 57/77 Cubic capacity (ccm) 2,867 Cylinders 4 Doors 4 Steering Right (RHD) Transmission Manual Drive Front Fuel Petrol Individual configurationExterior colour Others Manufacturer colour name - Interior colour Others Interior material Others Optional equipmentRechtslenker
Description
- Very good driving condition, unrestored.
- Recently maintained.
- Unique 'light fifteen' model, RHD luxury version made only for the English market, finished with leather and wood.
- Belgian papers.
The Traction Avant, French for "forward traction", was designed by André Citroën and Flaminio Bertoni in late 1933 / early 1934. While not the first production FWD car (before Citroën : Alvis, Cord and DKW), it was the world's first front wheel drive steel monocoque production car. Along with DKWs 1930s models, the Traction successfully pioneered front wheel drive on the European mass car market.
The Traction Avant's structure was an arc-wheeled monocoqued (unitized body). Most other cars of the era were based on a separate frame (chassis) onto which the non-structural body was built. Monocoque construction (also called Unit Body or "Unibody" in the US today) results in a lighter vehicle, and is now used for virtually all car construction, although body-on-frame construction is still suitable for larger vehicles such as trucks. The suspension was very advanced for the car's era. The front wheels were independently sprung, using a torsion bar and wishbone suspension arrangement, where most contemporaries used live axle and cart-type leaf spring designs. The rear suspension was a simple steel beam axle and a Panhard rod, trailing arms and torsion bars attached to a 3-inch (76 mm) steel tube, which in turn was bolted to the "monocoque".
Since it was considerably lighter than "conventional" designs of the era, it was capable of 100 km/h (62 mph), and consumed gasoline / petrol only at the rate of 10 litres per 100 kilometres (28 mpg-imp; 24 mpg-US). The development costs of the Traction Avant, combined with the redevelopment of its factory, were very high and Citroën declared bankruptcy in late 1934. The largest creditor was Michelin, who then owned Citroën from 1934 until 1976. Under Michelin, Citroën was run as a research laboratory, a test bed for their radial tyres and new automotive technologies.
In 1954 Citroën's experiments with hydropneumatic technology produced its first result, the "15H"—a variant of the 6-cylinder model 15 (now at Oldtimerfarm) with a self-levelin, height-adjustable rear suspension, a field trial for the revolutionary DS released the following year.
- Specifications
- _Bodywork_
- Length : cm/in: 438/172.4
- Width : cm/in: 164/64.6
- Height : cm/in: 154
- Wheelbase : cm/in : 291/114.6
- Weight: kg/lb : 1150/2440
- _Mechanics._
- Displacement : straight four 1911 cc (117 cu in), front-mounted
- Valve gear : 8
- Fuel system : 1 Solex carburetor
- Gearbox : 3-speed manual
- Drive wheels : front wheel drive
- LHD
- Maximum power : 59 hp at 4000 rpm
- Maximum torque : 119 Nm at 2000 rpm
- Maximum speed : 120 km/h (74 mph)
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Condition & Registration
Registered Ready to drive Vehicle-ID: 289784 Dealer Vehicle-ID: 6287
Dealer-Imprint
Oldtimerfarm SPRL / BVBa
Steenweg op Deinze 51C
9880 Aalter
+32472401338
Xavier Molenaar
Seller
Xavier
Molenaar
Steenweg op Deinze 51C
9880 Aalter
Xavier Molenaar
Oldtimerfarm
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