Citroen DS - can you explain the various models pls?

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hepcat
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Citroen DS - can you explain the various models pls?

#1 Post by hepcat »

Hi, I'm busy illustrating a Citroen DS (pics of current progress are below), and I can't get

my head around the visual differences and production timelines of the Citroen DS. At the

moment I'm confused about DS, ID, 19, 20, 23 and Pallas!

I'm doing a version with two round headlights - is this the ID?

I'm also doing a version with the glassed-in 4 headlights - is this the pure DS?

Can anyone explain years of production to me?

Sorry to ask so many questions, thanks in advance!

Cheers,

Hepcat

P.S. You can check out my progress at my website:

http://www.hepcatclassics.com/workshop.html

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Toledo Man
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Re: Citroen DS - can you explain the various models pls?

#2 Post by Toledo Man »

The Wikipedia entry would be one place to start.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citro%C3%ABn_DS

Here's one of the external links in the Wikipedia entry
http://www.koolhaas.demon.nl/ds-english.htm

The July 2001 edition of the mag featured the DS

I hope this helps.
Toledo Man

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Re: Citroen DS - can you explain the various models pls?

#3 Post by bent8rover »

If you want a definitive guide of the model differences, on a budget, you can't beat Gazoline's Votre Auto single model series

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Re: Citroen DS - can you explain the various models pls?

#4 Post by Mikey77 »

I'll second the Gazoline recommendation - they recently finished a months-long timeline series on the DS: very exhaustive. If you can manage the French you can go to the website and buy back numbers - if you aren't lucky on eBay.
http://gazoline.net/
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Re: Citroen DS - can you explain the various models pls?

#5 Post by hepcat »

Thanks for the links everyone. I think I've gotten my head around the different versions now.

My DS illustrations are almost complete. Here's where it is now, but you can check out my workshop to see the whole progress at

http://www.hepcatclassics.com/workshop.html

Cheers,

Hepcat

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