Citroën Traction 7, 11, 15-six and 22 V8: Books - History

Citroën Traction Avant (1934-1957) - Brooklands Portfolio

Brooklands Limited Edition Premier book about the Citroën Traction Avant models from the period 1934-1957. Describes the Citroën Traction Avant 7, 11, 15 and Six.

• The 60 articles, taken from contemporary British and American car magazines, provide much information about history, model changes and technology.
• Also driving impressions, tests, comparison tests, technical specifications, etc.

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Details:	160 pages, 27 x 20 x 1 cm / 10.6 x 7.9 x 0.39 in, paperback
Illustrations:	300 b&w photos
Publisher:	Brooklands Books (GB, 2008)
ISBN:	9781855207677

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Traction-avant Citroën

In the world of car collectors, the Traction Avant holds a very special place. More than seven hundred thousand examples of this Citroën were built during its three decades of production. During this period, it was, in all its variations, the car of several generations of French people: a revolutionary "small car" of the 1930s, an icon of the Resistance, an official car of the Fifth Republic, and finally a rustic but charming family car of the 1950s.
Invariably, the car arouses sympathy and nostalgia, reviving buried memories, awakened by the old-fashioned scents of its old wool upholstery.

The reader will be able to discover unpublished contemporary images, all from reports produced exclusively for the production of the book. Educational images also, of cars preserved in a pure original state, or restored in perfect conformity with their original appearance. The chronology of the models will also give the enthusiast answers to the questions he may ask himself during restorations - choice of colors, fabrics, trims.

Finally, artistic images, very beautiful photographs, by Rose Ayliffe and Léonard de Serres, which in wide shots or details, highlight throughout the pages the design of the bodywork, the color of a dress, the refinement of the upholstery, the finish of the accessories. An introduction by Anne Bony, devoted to the contemporary design of the time of the creation of the car, will allow the reader to place its birth in its creative context.

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Author:	Olivier de Serres
Details:	288 pages, 25 x 26.5 cm / 9.8 x 10.4 in, hardback
Illustrations:	300 b&w and colour photos
Publisher:	Le Faune (FR, 2017)
ISBN:	9782955589229

Traction Avant coupé, cabriolet, découvrable - le charme à l'état pure

Among the greatest myths of the automobile, the two-door Citroën Traction Avant, Cabriolets and Coupés occupy a special place, giving them an incredible value compared to more luxurious or more powerful vehicles.
But the charm is there...

With this word, everything is said, this car has an intense but above all intact capital of seduction! Its image and its harmonious forms remain associated with so many black and white smiles on all the French and European coasts, with elegance competitions, or even with the carefree escapades of the late 1930s.

This book also aims to be a chronological approach to the phenomenon, the time of production, the time of oblivion, that of rebirth, finally that of consecration today in the enthusiastic world of collecting.

A reference tool too, since in this book Olivier de Serres provides unpublished production figures, precise elements of restoration, with a critical wink towards everything that claims to be a replica.

The subject is treated here by one of the authors who knows it best, having practiced these cars in writing or in the workshop for years, giving the reader the assurance of reliable information.

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Author:	Olivier de Serres
Details:	224 pages, 29 x 24 cm / 11.4 x 9 in, hardback
Illustrations:	482 b&w and colour photos
Publisher:	ETAI (F, 2010)
ISBN:	9782726889855

Toutes les Traction Avant ont une histoire - Les 11 L 1934-1942

Since 1994, Pascal Berthelot has listed more than 2 500 Traction "7", 11CV and 15CV that have survived to this day. In order to produce the technical part of this Volume 2, he analyzed the technical information collected on nearly 200 surviving Traction 7S and 11 Légères.

If technical developments take an important place, the short history of these cars constitutes the framework of the book: you will discover the 5 lives of a convertible exported to Denmark, a sedan buried under a barn... and forgotten for 50 years, a mysterious racing convertible, a sedan transformed into a commercial in 1943, a Hollywood convertible with an unusual look, and a convertible walled up for 40 years.
This book will also teach you to better identify and date an 11 Légère, and summarizes in an "ABC des Traction", the major developments that occurred between 1934 and 1942.

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Author:	Pascal Berthelot
Details:	216 pages, 29.5 x 21 x 2 cm / 11.6 x 8.25 x 0.79 in, hardback
Illustrations:	numerous b&w and colour photos
Publisher:	quaidejavel.com (F, 2020)
ISBN:	9782956892618

La Traction Avant Citroën sous l'uniforme

Born in 1934, the legendary car designed by André Citroën would experience, due to the events that plunged the world into war five years later, a rich and astonishing military career. Thousands of them joined our armies during the Phoney War, then experienced the horrors of disaster.
The Traction then, much to its chagrin, changed sides and the Germans, who were very fond of it, would drive it all over Europe, from the Arctic Circle to distant Russia.

But, at the end of 1942, the Traction appeared again under our flags, this time victoriously engaged in the Tunisian campaign, with strange armoured versions.
Then came the liberation of France, the epic of the maquis, the white stars and the three letters F F I which flourished on the bodies. The "beauty of Javel" then became one of the symbols of the resurgent France.

A formidable visual epic made possible by the assembly, piece by piece, over decades, of an exceptional iconography: 375 illustrations including no fewer than 260 period photographs, almost all unpublished, and 28 profiles created especially for this work, presenting the authentic military colours and markings.
THE book awaited by die-hard fans of the Citroën Traction Avant and all fans of automotive and military history.

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Author:	François Vauvillier, Bertrand Delamotte.
Details:	136 pages, 31.5 x 23.5 x 1.7 cm / 12.4 x 9.25 x 0.67 in, hardback
Illustrations:	375 b&w and colour photos
Publisher:	Histoire & Collections (F, 2013)
ISBN:	9782352502654

La Traction Avant Citroën sous l'uniforme (Volume 2)

The Citroën Traction Avant was the most produced car in France before 1940: more than 250 000 units traveled the roads of the country and the world at that time. It is therefore logical to see it, during the Second World War, accompanying armies and civilian populations on all fronts, in all regions, including the most remote.
The omnipresence of this car is undoubtedly also due to its performance: modern and safe, it is used by the French army, especially as a requisition car, and perhaps even more by the German army which uses it massively in all its intervention zones, and finally, by the resistance.

By supporting all the travel needs related to the conflict, it became a key player, from the pre-war period until the Liberation, then it responded to the new needs that appeared after 1945. We find it in everyday life, but also in the great moments of History. It is this reality spread over a dozen years around the conflict that we discover through this set of period photographs, most of which have never been published.

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Author:	Emmanuel Cardoux
Details:	144 pages, 31.5 x 23 cm / 12.4 x 9.1 in, hardback
Illustrations:	numerous b&w and colour photos
Publisher:	Histoire & Collections (F, 2021)
ISBN:	9791038011595

Citroën Traction Avant 7-11-15 - Storia ed evoluzione dal 1934 al 1957

The book offers in the first chapters a brief summary of the facts from which this innovative project started and an analysis of its revolutionary technical solutions. The study analyzes for each type, series and version of the Citroën Traction, the aesthetic configuration, that of the passenger compartment and the range of colors.

The iconographics, consisting mostly of strictly vintage black and white images, accompanies the whole discussion which is also accompanied by drawings, cards and prospectuses. Some chapters fleetingly explore other fields of the Traction Avant world, such as accessories and sporting events.

Text in Italian.

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Author:	Ubaldo Nifosi
Details:	208 pages, 29.5 x 21 cm / 11.6 x 8.25 in, hardback
Illustrations:	profusely illustrated
Publisher:	Libreria ASI Service (IT, 2019)
ISBN:	9788898344246