1939 Citroën Light Fifteen Roadster 'Traction' [11]

1939 Citroën Light Fifteen Roadster [11] in Paul Temple's Triumph, Movie, 1950

Class: Cars, Convertible — Model origin: — Built in: — Made for:

01:01:41 Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase

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s13a ◊ 2020-12-30 03:59	JPC 490 ✓ SORN Vehicle make CITROEN Date of first registration August 1995 Year of manufacture 1939 Cylinder capacity 1911 cc Fuel type PETROL Export marker No Vehicle status SORN Vehicle colour RED There is a "recent" photo of this car with the same registration, where it is titled as "Light Twelve Faux Cabriolet": http://www.citroenet.org.uk/foreign/slough/traction/traction-05.html However, by reading the comments about another cabriolet, it seems that "Light Twelve" designation didn't exist. it was (at least in '39): "Twelve", "Light Fifteen" and "Big fifteen". Is it Twelve, then ?? Edit: ok, it seems I'm not very familiar with the term "faux cabriolet" (I've heard of it many times, but I never understood the characteristics of this body-style), so this title was probably meant for the dark example above it, as noted by jfs. -- Last edit: 2020-12-30 13:57:50
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2020-12-30 08:58	No. 1911cc means 15hp. 12hp was 1628cc. JPC County Council of Surrey, July 1939. -- Last edit: 2020-12-30 12:37:23
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2020-12-30 09:02	Is that Horsted Keynes station before the bluebells took over?
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2020-12-30 12:32	Faux Cabriolet? What is false about it? I think the description “Faux Cabriolet” applies to the ENE registered car, which may well be a 12. -- Last edit: 2020-12-30 12:35:13