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COBI Citroen DS 19 DΓ©capotable 1962 - Executive Edition Set 24346
COBI's CitroΓ«n DS 19 DΓ©capotable Executive Edition is a 1:12 model built from 2,275 blocks, 39.5 cm long, in the red bodywork of the Executive line. Doors and boot open, the steering turns the front wheels, and a brick-built engine sits under the bonnet. A display stand with a nameplate is included, and new brick shapes were made for this set, including the windscreen.
CitroΓ«n did not build it
The DS was never offered as a convertible from the factory. The cabriolet exists because Henri Chapron, a Paris coachbuilder, bought DS saloons, cut the roof off and rebuilt them properly β reinforcing the floor to replace the stiffness the roof had provided, and reshaping the rear.
He did it without CitroΓ«n's blessing at first, and when the results proved better than anything the company had planned, CitroΓ«n changed its mind and sold Chapron's conversion through its own dealers as the DΓ©capotable Usine. Fewer than 1,400 were built across the whole production run, against nearly a million and a half DS saloons.
The suspension
Every DS rode on hydropneumatic suspension: nitrogen spheres and hydraulic fluid instead of steel springs, self-levelling regardless of load, and with ride height the driver could raise or lower. The same high-pressure system also worked the brakes, the steering and the gear change. On a roofless car it mattered more than usual, because a body with no roof flexes β and suspension that levels itself hides a great deal.
In the COBI range
COBI makes four DS models at 1:12: this one, the DS 19 of 1956 (24347), the DS 21 Pallas of 1968 (24348), and the black presidential DS 19 Executive Edition (24350).
Specifications
Pieces: 2,275 Β· Scale: 1:12 Β· Licensed by CitroΓ«n
Model dimensions: 39.5 Γ 13 Γ 15 cm (15.6 Γ 5.1 Γ 5.9 in)
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