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1921 Citroen Type A Saloon

Sale price: £5,500.00 make an offer

Car location: Weybridge, United Kingdom

Sale type: Fixed price listing

Technical specifications, photos and description:

Year:
1921
Mileage:
3
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1921 Citroen Type A Saloon for sale

Current customer rating: current rating for this car(2.05) based on 341 votes
For sale by auction on Saturday 08 March 2014 with Historics at Brooklands. Brooklands Motor Racing Circuit. Weybridge. Surrey. Call 01753 639170
The Citroën Type A was produced from June 1919 to December 1921
in Paris and was the first Citroën produced. During World War I. br/>André Citroën was producing munitions and as early as 1917. Citroën
investigated the development of a light car under the direction of
Jules Salomon. Under the designation 10HP Type A. the car had a
water-cooled 1327cc four-cylinder engine and an output of 18hp with
a maximum speed of 40 mph. The chassis had inverted quarter
elliptic springs at the front and double quarter elliptic at the
rear. Braking was on the rear wheels only controlled by a hand
lever with a foot pedal operated transmission brake. After a
slightly hesitant start in 1919. sales took off in 1920. during
which more than 20. 00 cars emerged from the factory in a single
year. With a production rate of 100 vehicles a day. Citroën became
the first mass production manufacturer in Europe.

Owned by the current vendor for the last two years. this unusual
and very early example of one of France's premier brands has been
partially restored by the previous owner. This also included a nod
to modern safety in the form of some additional lighting to the
rear run by a separate 12 volt system. Both the exterior and
interior have been restored recently although ideally would benefit
from stripping back properly. The dash still sports the correct
dials including a Jaeger revolution counter and tachometer.
Included in the package is a reconditioned magneto and various
other miscellaneous spares. A handsome package or a
straight-forward running project. cycle car enthusiasts should
consider this Type A carefully.

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