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£233,472

1965 Citroën DS 19 Cabriolet by Chapron

United States • 19 Aug 2023

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This 1965 Citroën DS 19 Cabriolet by Chapron is a rare and desirable model, one of approximately 120 built for that year and equipped with a coveted four-speed manual gearbox. It has undergone a three-year, comprehensive restoration by Citroen expert Vincent Crescia and is finished in Bleu Antarctique over blue leather.

Condition

9

The car has had a rotisserie restoration by a marque authority, Vincent Crescia. It also comes with a Henri Chapron Certificate of Authenticity and copies of period press, sales, and ownership literature. The listing states that this car certainly ranks among the finest examples extant.

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Transmission:

Manual

Chassis No:

4424011

Odometer:

[Odometer Reading]

Reg Number:

[Reg Number]

RHD/LHD:

LHD

From the moment it was unveiled in October 1955, the Citroën DS captured the motoring world’s imagination.

Beneath its refined yet avant-garde styling by Flaminio Bertoni was a slate of cutting-edge technology.

One feature initially unavailable to DS buyers, however, was a convertible top.

Ultimately, Citroën would turn to coachbuilder Henri Chapron to create the “Décapotable Usine,” or “factory convertible.” Sold new through Citroën dealers, fewer than 1,400 factory cabriolets are believed to have been built, making them rare when new and eagerly sought today.

The DS 19 Cabriolet on offer here, chassis 4424011, is a highly desirable early iteration equipped with a coveted four-speed manual gearbox.

Per a copy of the Henri Chapron Certificate of Authenticity on file, this example was the 16th 1965 model year DS 19, and just the sixth equipped with a manual gearbox, to be delivered to Chapron’s facility in Levallois Perret, France.

Arriving on 8 September 1964, the car was factory...