Chassis No.

4350009


Body No.

7550



Many enthusiasts pursue the cars everyone agrees are desirable.

Others spend years searching for the automobiles that make even seasoned collectors stop, walk back, and ask, "What is that?" The latter are rarely interested in the obvious.

They appreciate ingenuity over convention, individuality over fashion, and understand that the most rewarding cars are often those that defy easy categorization.

For such a collector, few automobiles are as compelling as a Citroën DS 21 with bespoke coachwork by Henri Chapron-one of approximately 35 Concordes produced and a singular interpretation of Citroën's revolutionary masterpiece from the master of French coachbuilding.



Ordered by French architect Jean Lavail on 15 October 1965, Monsieur Lavail's DS 21 was given commission number 7550.

Likely heavily involved in the specification of his new coachbuilt Citroën pullman, Lavail specified several additional extras on top of Chapron's Series II bodywor...