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Page creation 30/06/2009
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James Simons, from Down Under, knows more DS in Vietnam than anybody else, and that
includes me, if you see what I mean. He is also having two of them restored. Here are his
photos, together with his comments:
includes me, if you see what I mean. He is also having two of them restored. Here are his
photos, together with his comments:
"My 1962 DS19 in Saigon (left and below)
has been changed to a 5 bearing motor, 5
stud wheels, late model front, complete with
a steel bonnet and a hand made late model
dash. The brakes have also been modified, I
assume when LHS or parts were not
available to fix it. I have not heard it running,
but believe it did before being pulled apart. It
is very difficult to find the original parts to turn
it back into a 1962 model, but I am trying."
has been changed to a 5 bearing motor, 5
stud wheels, late model front, complete with
a steel bonnet and a hand made late model
dash. The brakes have also been modified, I
assume when LHS or parts were not
available to fix it. I have not heard it running,
but believe it did before being pulled apart. It
is very difficult to find the original parts to turn
it back into a 1962 model, but I am trying."
"My DS21 (left) is a 1972 model. it lost the 5
speed gearbox years ago and has been
replaced with a 4 speed gearbox. Its
possible that it never had a 5 speed gearbox
because 5th gear would rarely be used in the
traffic but I am trying to find a 5 speed
gearbox . It has 2 radiators, one in the
normal place and another horizontally in front
of it. Every DS I have seen in Viet Nam has
the same modification so it may have been
done when sold new. They all have air
conditioning too."
speed gearbox years ago and has been
replaced with a 4 speed gearbox. Its
possible that it never had a 5 speed gearbox
because 5th gear would rarely be used in the
traffic but I am trying to find a 5 speed
gearbox . It has 2 radiators, one in the
normal place and another horizontally in front
of it. Every DS I have seen in Viet Nam has
the same modification so it may have been
done when sold new. They all have air
conditioning too."
Top: a DS23 injection, back in 2002. This car later
became the object of a failed transformation into a
convertible, and was eventually scrapped.
Right: a wreck in Saigon.
Below: in a forest two hours south of Saigon, no less
than four DS slowly dying under the sun.
became the object of a failed transformation into a
convertible, and was eventually scrapped.
Right: a wreck in Saigon.
Below: in a forest two hours south of Saigon, no less
than four DS slowly dying under the sun.
Amazing transformation over the years, not in the best of
tastes. The front is of course borrowed to a post-1967
car, but the protruding winkers on top of the front fenders
are particularly ugly. The dashboard is not very orthodox
either.
tastes. The front is of course borrowed to a post-1967
car, but the protruding winkers on top of the front fenders
are particularly ugly. The dashboard is not very orthodox
either.
