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Puzzle #1350 - Citroen DS Steam Powered Wagon
« on: July 04, 2009, 07:42:41 AM »


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« Last Edit: July 11, 2009, 09:57:20 AM by Otto Puzzell »
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Re: Puzzle #1350
« Reply #1 on: July 04, 2009, 07:52:08 AM »
Looks like the citroen DS 'safari' used as a camera car for I think LeMan and other films

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Re: Puzzle #1350
« Reply #2 on: July 04, 2009, 11:46:13 AM »
You've identified the origins of the car. The modifications serve another purpose altogether.
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Re: Puzzle #1350
« Reply #3 on: July 11, 2009, 09:17:25 AM »
Experts?
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Re: Puzzle #1350
« Reply #4 on: July 11, 2009, 09:47:15 AM »
Steam car based on a 1968 DS Wagon. Mike Ormiston or Karl Petersen started this conversion in 1973, and the picture seems to be taken in 1979, in Boise, Idaho.

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Re: Puzzle #1350
« Reply #5 on: July 11, 2009, 09:56:31 AM »
That's it!
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Solved -PJ652- Mike Ormiston and Karl Petersen's Citroen DS Break 'à vapeur'
« Reply #6 on: February 20, 2015, 04:56:14 AM »
What is this?
1 point for you!
« Last Edit: March 08, 2015, 02:01:46 PM by Paul Jaray »

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Re: PJ - 652
« Reply #7 on: February 20, 2015, 09:26:00 AM »
any connection with alweco bambino?

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Re: PJ - 652
« Reply #8 on: February 20, 2015, 09:32:44 AM »
Nope...

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Re: PJ - 652
« Reply #9 on: February 20, 2015, 01:15:07 PM »
Based on Citroën DS?

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Re: PJ - 652
« Reply #10 on: February 20, 2015, 02:45:12 PM »
Yes!

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Re: PJ - 652
« Reply #11 on: February 27, 2015, 02:38:16 PM »
This one is not hard...few guesses and should be gone.

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Re: PJ - 652
« Reply #12 on: March 07, 2015, 10:58:39 PM »
Is there something special about the mechanicals under that enlarged hood?

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Re: PJ - 652
« Reply #13 on: March 08, 2015, 04:19:54 AM »
Definetly  ;)

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Re: PJ - 652
« Reply #14 on: March 08, 2015, 12:02:07 PM »
It's a Citroen DS 1968 with a steam engine created by Mike Ormiston and Karl Petersen
« Last Edit: March 08, 2015, 01:11:08 PM by Brokkenpiloot »

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Re: PJ - 652
« Reply #15 on: March 08, 2015, 01:59:48 PM »
Right!  :thumbsup:
Point for you!
It was not that easy after all...there are few pics around.
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Re: Puzzle #1350 - Citroen DS Steam Powered Wagon
« Reply #16 on: April 08, 2016, 05:13:52 AM »
Merged!