Citroen 'Tractions'

[Gardian]

Had a good day out in these yesterday - thought that some of you might be interested to see the picture.

The destination was a seafood restaurant in a small town where the Rhone meets the Med.

It was a tiring day though - cars of that vintage ('Maigret cars' to most of us) are noisy and hot.

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[DerekJ]

Reminds me of a Jimi Hendrix song

........  Purple Haze

[:)]

[Gardengirl]

Lovely pic - been trying to decide where you had lunch.

I enjoyed a ride in a Traction during the launch of last year's téléthon in town. We had a team who volunteered their vintage cars and themselves as chauffeurs for a donation all through the weekend; I was pleased to have the chance to ride in a 'Maigret' car, and 3 of us rode in the Traction together, having a hilarious time while being driven through some of the surrounding villages.

[Gardian]

[quote user="gardengirl "]Lovely pic - been trying to decide where you had lunch.

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Port St Louis.

Not an especially nice place (very industrial just to the east towards Marseille), but a really good restaurant.

Very purple there though !! [:)]

[Théière]

What is the attraction of these inefficient old bangers?

[Araucaria]

[quote user="Théière"]What is the attraction of these inefficient old bangers?[/quote]

Don't feed the troll.

[Théière]

[quote user="Araucaria"][quote user="Théière"]What is the attraction of these inefficient old bangers?[/quote]

Don't feed the troll.
[/quote]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-08QRO8Cjk

[:P]

[sid]

I love these Tractions! I can't explain the attraction, but part of it is the interior smell I think. Maybe it just reminds me of being a child? Never grown up!

 

[Théière]

Maybe its the Ant hill mob from the Wacky Races

[Gardian]

The one we were in is the RH one - a 1951 model.  The other is a 1956.

There were some very strange noises coming from the engine when the revs got high-ish in any gear, but I didn't like to ask. Louis reckons that the speedo is under-reading by 10kph at 50. Apart from that and the slightly iffy brakes, its a wonderful vehicle.

They're off to Spain next month for a Traction Rally.  With the two vehicles 'in convoy', we were tooted and waved at all day long.  Good fun. 

[Théière]

Nothing is quite as reassuring in a wonderful vehicle as iffy brakes! [:-))] at least with loud engine noise you can turn the radio up............if it had one [:D]

Could the fact that it's an old vehicle save your licence for speeding with an under reading speedo?

[Gardian]

No radio !!

Speeding doesn't arise.  On the little bit of dual carriageway that we used, we were doing 70kph (indicated, but say 80kph) and were overtaken by several lorries.