118 Series 4488583 Engine 0662025416 DY3 French title Card The ID19 Cabriolet will be withdrawn from the catalogue In 1958, Henri Chapron, a French car body shopper,in 1965, while the DS will continue to be produced until was chosen by Citroën to design and manufacture the1971, gradually receiving engine upgrades: in 1965, the factory convertible. His creations will become collector’sDS 21 (109 hp then 115 hp in 1968) replaces the DS 19, items. The factory convertible followed the technicalthen will receive electronic injection in 1969 bringing evolution of the sedan, and existed in version DS 19the power to 123 hp. Stylistically, the DS convertible (1960-1965), DS 21 (1965-1971) and DS 21 electronicwill receive the same evolutions as the sedan, receiving injection (1969-1970). notably in 1968 the new headlights. Despite the Citroën If the Citroën DS sedan represented from 1955 the toplabel and the distribution within the brand’s network of the French range in the minds of all, what then ofof chevrons, the DS and ID Cabriolets will only be its convertible version? At last his versions! That said,produced 1365 units. whether in unofficial versions (Croisette, Caddy, Palm Beach or Cabriolet, produced 236 copies between 1958It must be said that the passage to an outside body shop and 1972) or in «factory» version, all the DS convertiblesinflates the prices, almost twice the price of the sedan. worthy of interest were manufactured by one and theSuffice to say that it was already expensive at the time! same «constructor»: Henri Chapron. It was Chapron’sToday you will be presented with a splendid convertible «unofficial» achievements that put Citroën on the pathbuilt on the basis of the «factory» convertibles, by an of an official version, integrated into the range andunknown car body shopper. distributed by the network. Two years after the CroisetteThe car is in good condition outside. The interior is and Cabriolet, Citroën launched the DS Cabriolet (incomplete and the upholstery is new. Coming from a DS August 1960) and its less «technological» ID version. At21 sedan, the work is rigorous, extremely respectful of its launch, the DS 19 Cab has the 4-cylinder 1.9-liter 75the authenticity of the DS convertibles. It will deserve hp, while the ID receives an identical but less powerfulat least, a cleaning of canopy cloth. engine (63 hp), but very quickly, both models receivedA great opportunity to treat yourself to the mythical the same engine developing 83 hp. convertible DS for a reduced price. NOITCELLOC ED SELIBOMOTUA 1202 ERBMEVON 70 EHCNAMID