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The
Claude Westbrook Photothèque
Claude
is a keen photographer as well as a committed
Citroën enthusiast.
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He
is an old family friend who used to maintain my
Father's and my cars for over thirty years.
Three
generations of Citroëns. Claude's D Super 5-21 is in
the picture right.
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Left
- 5 HP Cloverleaf - Slough built.
Above
- C6F
Below
left and below - a pair of taxis
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Left
- the 1938 2
CV in glorious colour!
Above
- C4 Cabriolet
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Above
- the first CX in action and being unveiled after
its restoration.
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The
Patron's resting place at the Cimitière de
Montparnasse, Paris.
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History
of Paris
The
first
of André Citroën's factories, dedicated to the war
effort, was built in 1915 on a site used until then
by melon growers, the last vestiges of the market
gardening industry on the banks of the Seine.
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The
workers,
mainly women, worked day and night to manufacture
75mm munitions shells at the rate of 50.000 per day.
In 1918, André Citroën converted his factory to
manufacture cars which were at that time something
of a rarity. The following year, the first cars left
the factory and in 1920, the first mass production
line in France was opened.
Other
innovations:
the sale by subscription of a popular model,
available to all and the creation of a worldwide
network of after-sale agents.
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Tailpiece
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