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1939 Citroën «Victoria» BIG SIX
The item was sold for 133 380 €
Fees include commission and taxes.
1939 Citroën «Victoria» BIG SIX
An icon for all Traction collectors
No-expense spared restoration
Incredible appearance and clear history
Swiss registration papers
Slough chassis number: 118 012/body PVL6 113
Javel chassis number: 681 719/body EE 08 86
Engine number: PD 00944 dated 15/05/1939
Gearbox dated 10/07/1939
Renowned as the top-of-the-line Traction Avant when it was introduced in 1938, the 15CV Six-Cylinder soon made its mark, but production of these models - whose engines turned over to the left - was suspended in 1940 and therefore remained very limited, with few survivors left today.
Citroën's British subsidiary in Slough had been building cars since 1925 and the Traction Avant models since their launch in 1934| the assembly of the Six followed the same rationale. The international environment prompted caution and therefore just 50 numbers were reserved for the first run of this new model, called simply but plainly the ‘Six'. As Slough was not yet ready for the car, it was built rather differently from the usual process in which the cars were entirely assembled in Britain. In this case, the body was assembled at the quai de Javel in Paris and the engine installed there. When the cars reached Slough, all the trim specific to the British market was fitted, including the luxurious leather upholstery, wooden dashboard, 12-volt electrical system and some very British fixtures and fittings.
This Six was the ‘Grand Luxe' version, equipped with the largest range of accessories: 27cm-diameter Lucas headlamps, Trippe dipped-beam lights, a Windtone horn and long-range driving lights. The leather upholstery complete with armrests, folding picnic tables to the rear and a Brooklands steering wheel (an exceptionally rare original item on this car) turned the Citroën into a proper little Bentley. As a result, the Six took on a new personality which suited it very well. Having been built in Paris, however, it had French chassis an
An icon for all Traction collectors
No-expense spared restoration
Incredible appearance and clear history
Swiss registration papers
Slough chassis number: 118 012/body PVL6 113
Javel chassis number: 681 719/body EE 08 86
Engine number: PD 00944 dated 15/05/1939
Gearbox dated 10/07/1939
Renowned as the top-of-the-line Traction Avant when it was introduced in 1938, the 15CV Six-Cylinder soon made its mark, but production of these models - whose engines turned over to the left - was suspended in 1940 and therefore remained very limited, with few survivors left today.
Citroën's British subsidiary in Slough had been building cars since 1925 and the Traction Avant models since their launch in 1934| the assembly of the Six followed the same rationale. The international environment prompted caution and therefore just 50 numbers were reserved for the first run of this new model, called simply but plainly the ‘Six'. As Slough was not yet ready for the car, it was built rather differently from the usual process in which the cars were entirely assembled in Britain. In this case, the body was assembled at the quai de Javel in Paris and the engine installed there. When the cars reached Slough, all the trim specific to the British market was fitted, including the luxurious leather upholstery, wooden dashboard, 12-volt electrical system and some very British fixtures and fittings.
This Six was the ‘Grand Luxe' version, equipped with the largest range of accessories: 27cm-diameter Lucas headlamps, Trippe dipped-beam lights, a Windtone horn and long-range driving lights. The leather upholstery complete with armrests, folding picnic tables to the rear and a Brooklands steering wheel (an exceptionally rare original item on this car) turned the Citroën into a proper little Bentley. As a result, the Six took on a new personality which suited it very well. Having been built in Paris, however, it had French chassis an