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La Croisette Cabriolet |
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In 1958, Chapron turned his attention to the DS, the first fruits of his endeavours being the la Croisette Cabriolet. |
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The 1959 model also used the berline's rear wings but the join was covered by a far more elegant, angled chromed strip than hitherto. |
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Public demand was so great that Citroën asked Chapron to build a cabriolet based on Bertoni's design proposals. |
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The 1960 version used a new, one piece rear wing which was also used in the Usine cabriolet. In fact its likeness to the Usine car meant that the La Croisette was dropped in 1962. |
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In 1958, Chapron offered the hard top le Paris which used the body work of la Croisette and the factory rear wings. |
In 1959, le Paris acquired the angled chrome strip fitted to la Croisette. |
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Le Caddy was shown in 1959 and was the first Chapron DS to be designed with the single piece rear wing. Early models used the berline front doors but these were lengthened in 1960. |
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Left Henri Chapron alongside a Le Caddy at the 1960 Paris Salon. |
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An optional hard top was available above. |
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The rear wings were redesigned in 1965 - the car on the right is a 1967 DS 21 |
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Le Dandy Coupé |
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1960 saw the launch of le Dandy - effectively a hard top version of le Caddy notwithstanding that that model was available with an optional hard top. Along with le Caddy and Concorde, the rear wings were redesigned in 1965 |
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Concorde Coupé |
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The Concorde was launched at the 1960 Paris Salon and along with le Caddy and le Dandy, the rear wings were redesigned in 1965 |
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