When the strictest professor in the department barely pushes you into the class for overwhelming tasks, it means it’s summer in the campus. Alas, it takes long time for the professors to correct issues in the online courses at the same time, because it’s summer.
The photos were taken at Transportation Design Studio in Lawrence Tech, Southfield, Michigan on June, 2017.
This Chevy truck is the 2nd oldest vehicle in the campus I spotted in recent years.
Obviously quite few people there have some appetite for some cars, and through the years I saw some air-cooled VWs, older Chevy Blazer, plus a Mercury Sable with spoiler and vinyl roof at the same time.
Sometimes something mysterious shows up too.
Photos were taken Sept, 2016, on the other side of the Transportation Design Studio.
It is so nice to see such an honest old truck. I appreciate that some guys like to hot rod them, but sometimes it seems like that is all a guy sees. One like this is a treat.
Ditto that!
Perfect as is.
That truck is absolutely superb. Saw one of them Citroens in turquoise this week. Had black inserts. Are those brown? Weird but nice and different weird. Dunno if I’d want one though.
My kind of truck! Just the right look. I do want one!
Love the truck! Is Citroen trying to make a comeback into The States? Would these be cars that are here on special permission prior to meeting our regulations?
C’est tres belle!
Regarding Citroen returning to the US, There articles are from some time ago but…
http://jalopnik.com/citroen-s-ds-luxury-brand-will-come-to-america-after-al-1768334973
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-drive/auto-shows/europe/peugeot-citroen-quietly-plotting-a-return-to-north-america/article32264165/
http://blog.caranddriver.com/french-press-can-peugeot-and-citroen-really-make-it-back-to-america/
https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/psa-usa-peugeot-to-return-to-us-in-three-stage-rollout/
“Would these be cars that are here on special permission prior to meeting our regulations?”
The car is wearing Michigan Manufacturer plates, which typically allow manufacturers to drive a non-certified vehicles on the public roads. The plates typically have with specific limitations (that vary from state to state) and are used on prototypes or competitor vehicles brought in for competitive or marketing studies.
In this case, someone from a big three design team may have been meeting with the school staff and drove it over to gather some behind the wheel impressions.
Nice old Chevy 3100 series .
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? a ’38 or is it a ’39 ? .
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Hopefully it retains a Stovebolt i6 engine .
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The Citroen looks interesting, I hope they come back to America .
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I think it’s a ’39. IIRC the ’38 had a “finer” grille texture. YMMV.
Perfection (the truck). And I rather like the Cactus too. I think it’s going to be seen as somewhat predictive of some recent new design trends.
What I like about that old truck is that it has low sides which makes it easy to get stuff in and out of the bed. But, when you need higher sides you put up the stakes. Best of both worlds.
If I ever feel the need to drive a CUV/SUV, I will do so in a Cactus. At least I will not be driving something exactly like 75% of the other drivers on the road with me. And, as a bonus, I really think that the side panels are a great idea. Apparently, they work on the streets of Paris, which is not known for being friendly to parked cars.
What Citroen? All I see is an old Fleetwood that makes me want to peer into the windows to see how nice the interior is.
Me, too! When I saw that, I went ‘Ohhh, a Fleetwood!’
I would totally consider a Cactus if it ever becomes available here. And from the angle shown, the front end bears a vague resemblance to the current Jeep Cherokee, with the squinty lights over the actual headlights.
The truck looks great, very nice find! Neat to find a Citroen, and but I can’t say I have any real interest in it other than it being an unusual find.