1955 Citroën 15 Six H Présidentielle Charbonneaux / Franay

1955 Citroën 15 Six H Présidentielle in Life of a Queen, Short Movie, 1960

Class: Cars, Limousine — Model origin:

00:09:03 Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Author	Message
dsl ◊ 2017-02-26 22:44	Paris state visit, April 1957, with President Coty.
Bob Dieck ◊ 2017-02-27 02:27	As far as I know this is a 15, with Chapron body.
zodiac ◊ 2017-02-27 10:35	According to Link to "www.citroenet.org.uk" it was coach built by Marius Franay, but when Franay closed down Chapron built all the other Presidential Citroëns. It was built on a Citroën "15 Six H Familiale" chassis and presented to President René Coty at the Élysée Palace on 10th of November 1955 and on the Paris Motor Show a few weeks earlier.
dsl ◊ 2017-02-27 14:14	Seems this 1955 limo with roof was Charbonneaux not Chapron. But the convertible which followed in 1956 was Chapron.
zodiac ◊ 2017-03-01 15:48	Should the "Familiale" part of the chassis be mentioned as well? When I grew up I had a teacher who had saved some of the cars he had had during the years, among them a Nash from the 20's and a Citroën B 11 Sport. When I heard the word "Sport" I became impressed, but he told me that that only meant a shorter chassis and that the "Familiale" chassis was the most common.