1955 Citroën Six Cylinder 'Traction' [15]

1955 Citroën Six Cylinder [15] in The Avengers, TV Series, 1961-1969 Ep. 2.06

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sixcyl ◊ 2009-04-11 18:42	Ep.2.06. "The Removal Men" The story is meant to be on Cote d'Azur (french riviera), but except this picture, there are not any scene played outside, all are in studio. I doubt the producers had shot this scene in France...therefore, this Citroen might be a Slough built. As it is a long base model, with boot it can't be nothing else than a Six Cylinder -- Last edit: 2009-04-11 18:44:12
DynaMike ◊ 2009-04-11 18:48	There's also been the 1953+ Big Fifteen, the British version of the French 11 B (Normale), though the Light Fifteen (11 BL) was by far more popular.
sixcyl ◊ 2009-04-11 19:00	there is no info of Post war "big fifteen" (11B) in my "Bellu" book Have you some examples?
DynaMike ◊ 2009-04-11 19:21	In "75 years of Citroën in the U.K - From A to X" by John Reynolds (1998), p. 114, there are two pics of a Light Fifteen with long boot (license plate PPP 276). 1026 post-war Big Fifteens were made, and 1225 post-war Sixes. I couldn't find the exact production numbers of the Light Fifteen, but those will be approximately 3000. In September 1952 the price of the Light Fifteen was £1067, and the Big Fifteen cost £1152.
sixcyl ◊ 2009-04-11 19:49	Thank's Mike. Therefore it might be a Fifteen either? ... 1953?
DynaMike ◊ 2009-04-11 19:54	Yep, both are possible. And I agree that this is most probably a British Traction, not a French one (by the light colour and the big hubcaps).