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Well, last weeks quiz #427 was indeed not that hard for most people. Lots of (partially) good answers naming marque and type of the bus flooded in. It was of course a Citroen U23. The bodybuilder was harder. It was not a dutch company as several people expected as the bus was photographed in Holland. But the coachwork indeed is French. It is built by the company Joseph Besset of Annonay. The answers from Ley, Olivier Chabanne, Claude Lardans and Thiery Houdayer were correct and all very close but best and most complete answer came from Ignacio Labaure:
"1936 Citroën U23 autocar Besset. Body builder: Joseph Besset of Annonay, France. The Citroën U23, or type 23, had a conventional rear wheel drive tranmission. The engine was the same as in the Taction Avant 11 CV; but turned 180 degrees.The engine had inverted sense of rotation to maintain the sense of rotation of the crank clockwise. The gearbox had three speeds, plus a direct drive."
This particular one is owned by the Dutch Patan (Propulsion Arriere Traction Avant Nederland.), a club specially for rear wheel driven Citroëns. They bought it as a project in France and restored it completely.
Photos by Karel Vermeer.
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