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1985 Citroën 2CV-6 DOLLY

When André Citroën introduced the Type A-10 HP in 1919, he’d created France’s first mass-produced automobile, having learned from Henry Ford’s world-famous T. The innovative thinking that went into designing and building that multipurpose vehicle sparked a revolution, and within a decade, his eponymous firm would be the largest automaker in Europe, and the second largest in the world. Sadly, Citroën, the man, would lose Citroën, the company, to its largest creditor, tire maker Michelin, in 1934. This built between 1949 and 1990. We got to experience the magic in an unmolested Dolly, a special-edition late example of the breed.

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