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Citroën DS Hauler

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Citroën’s otherworldly DS, famed for its aerodynamic lines and hydropneumatic suspension, made a surprisingly effective front-wheel-drive flatbed truck, as proven by Application des Procédés Tissier founder Pierre Tissier. The DS Tissier Plateau Porte Auto got a radical (Blue and Red, item CMR138BR) and (Red, item CMR138RR). While it lacks opening panels, it’s beautifully detailed outside and in, with legible gauges, crisp diamond-plate treads, and separate aluminum ramps so another 1:18 model can be “driven” on.

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