RE: Citroen SM: Spotted
Discussion
It's the flying car that we were always promised.
Just look at it. Fuselage and everything. The rear three-quarter view resembles the flying machine in an older science fiction movie. And the interior is right-on groovy.
Like other distinctive designs of the 1960s and 1970s, this car could not really be built today. It would end up, like everything else, looking rather like a swollen blob with a couple of telling design cues.
There's a recent video here in which you can see close-up views of the SM interior as well as the auxiliary drive shaft -- rotating out in the open, under the bonnet -- that powers the hydraulic system. Screen shot below.
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Just look at it. Fuselage and everything. The rear three-quarter view resembles the flying machine in an older science fiction movie. And the interior is right-on groovy.
Like other distinctive designs of the 1960s and 1970s, this car could not really be built today. It would end up, like everything else, looking rather like a swollen blob with a couple of telling design cues.
There's a recent video here in which you can see close-up views of the SM interior as well as the auxiliary drive shaft -- rotating out in the open, under the bonnet -- that powers the hydraulic system. Screen shot below.
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I'll take this Maserati V8 engined one if someone else is servicing it please:
http://autoweek.com/article/1974-citron-sm-v8-myst...
Or better still, a Henri Chapron convertible:
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For the President, a four door Henri Chapron convertible:
And for taking the dogs shooting:
A stunning car in any guise, I'd love one but the running costs must be astronomical.
http://autoweek.com/article/1974-citron-sm-v8-myst...
Or better still, a Henri Chapron convertible:
For the President, a four door Henri Chapron convertible:
And for taking the dogs shooting:
A stunning car in any guise, I'd love one but the running costs must be astronomical.
P5BNij said:
Does anyone know how many were built in its five year production run..?
Just shy of 12,000.The v8 isn't even a straight Maser motor swap - it's a German guy who's basically added two pots onto the v6 to build a v8, because it turned out it wasn't quite as simple as lopping two pots off a v8 to make the v6. <head explodes>
andrewcliffe said:
Innovation ran further - optional carbon fibre ‘roues resin’ wheels
Just googled. Sadly only fibreglass 
http://www.citroen-sm.org/wiki/index.php/Wheels
There's a whole bunch of SM estate pics around, apparently showing various different cars - but I think they're all photoshops...
edit: Same as that inflated D "van"...
And, sorry to break it to you, but the flying ones aren't real either.
THIS is, though...
Hydraulic suspension trailer, the pickup is registered "WORK SM" (California), the saltflat car is registered "RACE SM", and has done north of 200mph at Bonneville. Jerry Hathaway, SM World in California.
edit: Same as that inflated D "van"...
And, sorry to break it to you, but the flying ones aren't real either.
THIS is, though...
Hydraulic suspension trailer, the pickup is registered "WORK SM" (California), the saltflat car is registered "RACE SM", and has done north of 200mph at Bonneville. Jerry Hathaway, SM World in California.
Edited by TooMany2cvs on Monday 6th November 11:13
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