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*When you have said "Citroën, there is nothing more to say." |
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This was the advertising strapline used in the Sixties by Citroën Cars Limited in Britain to sell the ID and DS which were built in their factory in Slough, to the west of London. The English Goddesses were different from the French cars in a number of respects. The most obvious being the steering wheel on the right with left hand gearchange on the ID. |
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Slough built ID 19 1961 (this car belonged to my Father) |
Slough built ID 19 circa 1963 |
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Furthermore, manual cars for the UK market, whether built in Slough or France always had a hand operated parking brake - only three pedals! Once the Slough factory stopped building cars, they were imported from France but remained different in detail from the domestic product - ID and manual DS models had a handbrake and the pedalo footbrake and round rear lights. |
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`Well, what's so strange about that?' owners of British cars might ask. Late model LHD IDs had four pedals - the parking brake was foot operated. A conventional footbrake pedal was fitted instead of the pedalo. |
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ID 19 circa 1960 |
DS 19 circa 1959 |
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Further additional differences were the lightly restyled front bumper - necessary to ensure that the number plate was vertical to comply with British law (this feature was retained when the first restyling took place in 1963) and the fitting of a Citroën badge on the bonnet. The full story of Citroën's UK operations is told in John Reynold's book "From A to X ~ 75 years of Citroën in the UK " |
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Slough built DS 19 1964 - this car also belonged to my Father |
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