The elegant and rare Chapron-bodied DS; UK/RHD, manual and fully restored First registered in May 1965 in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, this is a rare right-hand drive, manual gearbox example, wearing its original registration number and accompanied by its green logbook and copy of its original invoice Chassis 4424017 was the last DS19M Chapron made in 1965 Subject of a £30,000-plus restoration in August 1997, with input and parts supplied from numerous marque specialists In total, just 1,365 Cabriolet d'Usines (factory convertibles) were officially built; there were c50 examples produced in right-hand drive, with probably less than 10 surviving today While a few European coach-builders offered cabriolet Citroen DSs, it was the conversion work of Henri Chapron that was considered the most stylish and elegant At twice the price of the saloon, the DS cabriolet needed to be special This car has formed part of a large collection with little or no use.

An element of recommissioning is to...