This saturday (May 12th) at Monaco, this mythical 1969 Citroën DS 21 Cabriolet with a coachwork by Henri Chapron will heading to auction through RM Sotheby's for about €150.000...
History of the Citroën DS
The Citroën DS was produced between 1955 to 1975 in different models sedan, wagon, cabriolet... The design was by Flaminio Bertoni, Italian industrial designer and André Lefèbvre, French aeronautical engineer. The big innovative technology on this car was the hydropneumatic self-levelling suspension developed by Paul Magès. Citroën sold 1,455,746 examples and, in September 2009, the DS was named the most beautiful car of all time by Classic & Sports Car magazine.
This rare limited production 1969 Citroën DS 21 Cabriolet Usine has a coachwork by Henri Chapron, French automobile coachbuilder with factory closed to the Citroën factory. Only by direct customer order, Chapron produced only 1,365 decapotables from 1961 to 1971 with 15 paint choices, 13 shades of leather for interior and 3 carpet colours.
Technical specification
This DS 21 Cabriolet Usine is equipped with all the features like Jaeger instruments, hydraulic gear-box with semi-automatic transmission, Continental-Edison radio. The engine was replaced in 1983 by DY-Type.
Beautifully restored by Automobiles Francaises in Berlin (Germany) with an Alabaster white painting and a black leather for the interior.
Gearbox behind the wheel !
Sources
Auction at RM Sotheby's
Citroën DS on Wiki
Henri Chapron on Wiki
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