sps1955's photos with the keyword: Citroën Light 15

"Lincolnshire Echo" feature on the new Young's Gar…

03 Jun 2012 140
The Citroën prices for which no horsepower is specified presumably relate to the 12 (the equivalent of the 7CV in France). See www.citroenet.org.uk/foreign/slough/traction/traction-04.... , reproducing a 1939 UK market brochure. For the main article: www.flickr.com/photos/40878011@N07/7329119536/in/set-7215... .

Young's Garage, 53-55 St. Catherine's, Lincoln, ea…

22 Jan 2012 102
Scanned from a print in the family collection. The car in the showroom is an Austin A40 Somerset, current from 1952-4. Other cars, from left to right, and mostly older, are: Vauxhall ( Preston area registration from 1946-8 ); Morris 10 series M (leaving the forecourt; 1944-6 London registration ); Bentley (having its windscreen wiped); Citroën Traction Avant (being filled with petrol and looking very clean - I wondered if it might be the garage demonstrator, but the registration looks like DVL10, a Lincoln-issued plate which, astonishingly, still (28 Feb. 2012) belongs to a Citroën first registered in June 1949, so it was not particularly new when this photo was taken; according to the DVLA database, it has a 1911cc engine, so is probably a Traction 11BL (or "Light 15" in English parlance) ; Standard (perhaps; the front is obscured by the Citroën); What I think is a Rover P2 or P3 with the less familiar 4-light "Sports Saloon" body (in Hamilton Road, only the rear visible; cf. i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh90/1947rover/Tilly5.jpg ). The pumps are now all branded "Esso", in contrast to the variety on offer in 1939 . See set page for the history of the business.