Citroën Car Club National Rally 2001

Malcolm Bobbitt's beautifully restored Slough-built 1960 ID19.  Purists might criticise Malcolm for a number of "not original" features such as the amber front indicators (cars of this vintage used white lamps), the bare metal auxiliary driving lamps nacelles (they should be painted in the body colour - Sherwood Green in this case), the Marchal headlamps (Slough-built cars used very poor Lucas units), a fibreglass roof replaces the original aluminium one fitted to British cars and, horror of horrors, the use of LHM instead of LHS hydraulic fluid.  Malcolm and I share the view that cars are not museum pieces but are meant to be driven and that therefore changes such as the headlamps and use of LHM that improve driveability and reliability are perfectly acceptable.

Note the green LHM reservoir (as opposed to a black LHS2 reservoir)

Note the parking light on the offside B pillar above.
 
 
 
 

Connolly hide upholstery and wooden dashboard show how the British ID was marketed as a luxury car in its own right, unlike the French-built ID which was far more spartan and austere than the DS. 

British IDs also used full size DS wheel embellishers.