The TRACTION! Appreciation Thread
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I doubt that Russell. Some of those cars are big boot cars made after June 52. The Wehrmacht was long defeated then!
yes, I don't know where the photo came from. But here are some of Citroens in German service. A by-product of my research on Peugeots in the period and I ended up with lots of photos. The Germans took lots of good quality photos and the Bundesarchiv has quite a collection.
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A few more wartime pics. Calais railway station after the British retreat, broken down old Luftwaffe car on the Russian steppe is labelled a Citroen, Allied soldier after D Day.
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Interesting picture from Calais.
Essentially Calais was sacrificed from a British point of view to divert German troops from advancing on Dunkirk to buy more time for the evacuation. The Rifle Brigade took heavy losses including my Great Uncle ( killed ) and for motor enthusiasts Tony Rolt ( captured ). As a serial escaper he ended up in Colditz where he was involved in the building of a glider that was planned as a means of escape ( never used ) . He won Le Mans in 1953 and worked with Harry Ferguson on the application of four wheel drive to road cars.( Also captured at Calais was Airey Neave.)
Essentially Calais was sacrificed from a British point of view to divert German troops from advancing on Dunkirk to buy more time for the evacuation. The Rifle Brigade took heavy losses including my Great Uncle ( killed ) and for motor enthusiasts Tony Rolt ( captured ). As a serial escaper he ended up in Colditz where he was involved in the building of a glider that was planned as a means of escape ( never used ) . He won Le Mans in 1953 and worked with Harry Ferguson on the application of four wheel drive to road cars.( Also captured at Calais was Airey Neave.)
From Colditz to Silverstone: the incredible tale of Tony Rolt
F1’s first race took place 70 years ago this week and featured a war hero who went on to win Le Mans before becoming a successful engineer and businessman
www.theguardian.com
Another appreciator of the traction was W.O Bentley.
Attached are a couple of pages from his 1961 autobiography " The Cars in my Life " where he describes ownership of " that likeable little machine , the front-wheel-drive Citroen " .
Compared to the cars he built the traction probably did look small.
Attached are a couple of pages from his 1961 autobiography " The Cars in my Life " where he describes ownership of " that likeable little machine , the front-wheel-drive Citroen " .
Compared to the cars he built the traction probably did look small.
Interesting. Respect for your Great Uncle. Their action undoubtedly was a factor in Hitler halting the advance although he never gave anyone the same answer as to why he paused it.
There are German color photos of the beach at Dunkirk. Some areas were like parking lots with attempts to make piers of the trucks.
It's not widely known that for the invasion of the Soviet Union 90 German divisions were equipped with French vehicles. The cars didn't like the Russian roads and the drivers didn't think much of the roads or the cars. Lots of photos of French cars from the 1930's.
There are German color photos of the beach at Dunkirk. Some areas were like parking lots with attempts to make piers of the trucks.
It's not widely known that for the invasion of the Soviet Union 90 German divisions were equipped with French vehicles. The cars didn't like the Russian roads and the drivers didn't think much of the roads or the cars. Lots of photos of French cars from the 1930's.
I found one instance of the image on the below forum. Posted in 2011 with the words " Breda 1981" - perhaps suggesting it was some sort of gathering in Breda Netherlands?
https://forum-auto.caradisiac.com/topic/374035-photos-anciennes-avec-des-anciennes/page/237/
If your not looking at greenpeaces thread in the main forum. Absolutely spectacular. I'd just fix the brakes and drive this one. You would never restore it. Just look at the interior
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