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The Chapron Cars

The carrossier Henri Chapron had built custom made bodies for marques such as Talbot-Lago, Delage and Delahaye before the war. After the war he turned his attention to Citroën. In 1955, he was commissioned to build a Décapotable for the French President based on a 15 CV Traction. In 1958, he showed his first DS-based creation at the Paris Salon. It simply bore the name Cabriolet DS 19 Henri Chapron.

Henri Chapron passed away on 14th May 1978.
Chapron Catalogue Visit DS SM Club Belgium which maintains a register of Chapron cars

Below L to R: le Caddy, la Croisette and le Paris


la Croisette

le Paris

le Caddy

le Dandy

Concorde

Palm Beach

le Léman

Majesty

Lorraine

1958

6

1








1959

19

8

2







1960

21


6

5

5





1961

2


7

5

11





1962

4


3

10

7

2




1963



2

4

6

3




1964



2

8

3

7




1965



3

8

6

4


5


1966



3

5


4

3


1967



4

3


2

 7

8


1968



2

2


4

 9

4


1969






2

 4

4


1970






2

 2

3

2

1971






1

 2


4

1972






1


2

1973







2


3

1974







1


7

Totals

52

9

34

50

38

32

27

27

20




Above le Dandy and Palm Beach


Above a very rare Chapron creation - a DS with a vertical rear screen

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