Two New Citroens
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Additional Models for Goods and Passengers, which Comprise Developments of the 35cwt. Chassis FOR some 16 months Citran 35-cwt. models have been available on the British market. Two new types, which are developments of the wellknown chassis, are now announced. Both have a wheelbase some 3 ft. longer than that of the type we described in our issue dated October 29th, 1929. In both cases the pay-load is limited to 35 cwt. and the wheelbase is 13 ft. 11 ins. The body space is 15 ft 3 ins. and the overall length 19 ft. 9 ins.
The passenger-carrying chassis is distinguished from the goods-carrying type by the fact that it has dual rear wheels with 30-in. by 5-in. tyres, hydraulic spring dampers fore and aft and the 16-gallon fuel tank is mounted at the rear of the frame. The chassis price is On the other hand, the new goods-type Citro6n with the long wheelbase has single tyres on all wheels30-in. by 5-in, front and 32-in. by 6-in. rear—spring dampers at only the front and a fuel tank under the driver's seat.
The chassis price is £240. In this country the machines are handled by Citran Cars, Ltd., Brook Green, London, W.6. The semi-elliptic springs are mounted directly below the frame, those at the rear being underslung. The shallowness of the upswept portions of the frame facilitates body design. There are seven pressed-steel cross-members. Four-point mounted in this frame is the engine-gearbox unit: The bore and stroke of the power unit are 72 mm. and 100 mm. respectively ; the capacity is Z442 c.c. and the engine, although rated at 19.3 h.p., develops 45 b.h.p. Features are coil ignition with automatic control, aluminium pistons, a four bearing crankshaft with a vibration damper, forced-feed lubrication, and a detachable head covering all six cylinder barrels.
A single-plate dry clutch is employed and the gearbox, which is centrally controlled, gives four forward speeds and a reverse. The speedometer drive is taken from the driven shaft of the box and the parking, brake takes the form of an external-contracting band surrounding a drum mounted upon the same shaft.
Transmission is by a two-piece open propeller shaft ; the rear springs take both drive and torque. Depression of the brake pedal operates internal-expanding, self-energizing shoes in the 14-in, drums of the front wheels and in the 16-in, drums of the rear wheels. The mechanism is not compensated. The banjo-type rear axle houses spiral-bevel gears; Timken roller bearings are used.
Current is fed by a belt-driven dynamo to a six-volt battery slung below the floor of the driver's compartment. On the forward face of the dash is a very large Weymann vacuum tank, which draws fuel from the main tank.