LOT 328
1957 Citroën DS19 Saloon Registration no. 693 UXM Chassis no. 29854
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Lot 328
1957 Citroën DS19 Saloon Registration no. 693 UXM Chassis no. 29854
1957 Citroën DS19 Saloon
Registration no. 693 UXM
Chassis no. 29854
Registration no. 693 UXM
Chassis no. 29854
Odometer reading: TBC
MoT expiry date: exempt
*One of the 20th Century's most iconic automobiles
*Early original example
*In the UK since 1989
*Mille Miglia eligible
A French-market car that spent the early part of its life in Angoulême, this DS19 was originally owned by one Albert Vedrenne. Its French registration plates, still with the car, read '188 DC 24'. In 1988 it was bought by the owner of the Morton Stockwell Group, a British DS restorer that set up in France during the late 1980s. He acquired the car for himself, but the success of the business meant that there was no time to restore it, and he sold it to the immediately owner, motoring journalist Richard Bremner, in the summer of 1989.
Finished to a high standard, this DS appeared at the 2006 Goodwood Festival of Speed Cartier Style et Luxe, to be judged by film director George Lucas among others, and appeared again at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in 2015, this time on the stand of DS Automobiles. The current vendor purchased the Citroën at Bonhams' Goodwood Members' Meeting Sale in March 2016 (Lot 81), since when it has been serviced and fitted with a new battery. It should be noted that this car is a potential Mille Miglia entrant, early DS19s having competed in the original event and the contemporary version. Early examples as good as this one are rarely found now.
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MoT expiry date: exempt
*One of the 20th Century's most iconic automobiles
*Early original example
*In the UK since 1989
*Mille Miglia eligible
A French-market car that spent the early part of its life in Angoulême, this DS19 was originally owned by one Albert Vedrenne. Its French registration plates, still with the car, read '188 DC 24'. In 1988 it was bought by the owner of the Morton Stockwell Group, a British DS restorer that set up in France during the late 1980s. He acquired the car for himself, but the success of the business meant that there was no time to restore it, and he sold it to the immediately owner, motoring journalist Richard Bremner, in the summer of 1989.
Finished to a high standard, this DS appeared at the 2006 Goodwood Festival of Speed Cartier Style et Luxe, to be judged by film director George Lucas among others, and appeared again at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in 2015, this time on the stand of DS Automobiles. The current vendor purchased the Citroën at Bonhams' Goodwood Members' Meeting Sale in March 2016 (Lot 81), since when it has been serviced and fitted with a new battery. It should be noted that this car is a potential Mille Miglia entrant, early DS19s having competed in the original event and the contemporary version. Early examples as good as this one are rarely found now.
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