Lot details Registration No: JUH 105 Chassis No: 9-531042 Mot Expiry: Exempt
- Slough-built Traction Avant supplied new by Castle Garage (Cardiff) Ltd
- Extensively restored by its previous keeper between 1993-1999 (documented on an accompanying CD)
- High ratio crown wheel and pinion, auxiliary power socket for sat-nav etc, reversing lamp
- Optional wing guards, working / non-leaking sunroof
- Original supplier's plaque and buff logbook
- Recent £4,000 expenditure including new driveshafts
Introduced at the April 1934 Paris Salon, the Traction Avant was a technological tour-de-force thanks to its unique combination of a monocoque chassis, front-wheel drive, torsion bar independent suspension, hydraulic brakes and (from 1936) rack and pinion steering. Powered by a 1911cc four-cylinder OHV engine allied to manual transmission, the Light 15 versions produced at Citroen's Slough factory boasted wooden dashboards, leather upholstery and 12-volt electrics. Pleasingly retaining its original buff logbook and a supplier's plaque from Castle Garage (Cardiff), this particular Slough-built example was first registered as `JUH 105' on 9th July 1954 to J. Cornelius of J.O. Williams & Co (subsequently renamed the Pencoed Trading Co). Mr Cornelius kept licencing the Citroen until 1963 when it was taken off the road and barn stored. Alan Smith of Pencoed became the registered keeper in November 1983 and some eight years later the Light 15 was entered into a Walton & Hipkiss auction the catalogue for which described it as `one family owned from new' and `recently discovered after being stored for 28 years, the car is in remarkable condition'. Acquired by Traction Avant enthusiast John Aspinall, `JUH 105' was sold to Frank Grant of Ballater during March 1993. Stripped to a bare shell, the Citroen was extensively restored over the next six years with much of the work being documented via an accompanying CD. Purchased by the vendor from Mr Grant in October 2013, the Light 15 has since been further improved. Entrusted to Traction Repairs of Morpeth last summer, the four-seater was treated to a new clutch, timing chain, engine gaskets, swivel gaiters, drive shafts and front brake shoes etc at a cost of some £3,926.66. Estimated to have covered some 16,000 post-restoration miles, `JUH 105' retains its original red leather upholstery and also benefits from a working / non-leaking sunroof, high ratio crown wheel and pinion, auxiliary power socket (for sat-nav etc), reversing lamp and optional wing guards.
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