The Citroën H Van, Type H, H-Type or HY was a light truck (or delivery van) produced by the French car maker Citroën between 1947 and 1981. Citroën (pronounced See-Troh-Enn is a French Automobile manufacturer, founded in 1919 by André Citroën. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 It was developed as a simple front wheel driven van after World War II. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including A total of 473,289 were produced in 34 years in factories in France and Belgium. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those Most of them were sold in France, Belgium and The Netherlands. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands
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Names
Most Type H were sold as model HY so many people know it only by this name. There were also models H (early ones), HX (lesser load capacity), HZ, and HW (more load capacity). For some time, they were also sold as model 1600.
Technical
The engine, gear box and many smaller parts are well known from other Citroën models: Engine and gearbox are nearly the same as in the Traction Avant and later the DS, only mounted with the engine to front. The Citroën Traction Avant was an Automobile produced by the French manufacturer Citroën. The Citroën DS (also known as Déesse, or Goddess, after the punning initials in French is an Executive car that was produced by Head lights and speedometer were identical to the 2CV for a long time. The Citroën 2CV ( French: deux chevaux vapeur, literally "two steam Horses quot from the Tax horsepower rating was an Economy car
Other
- A H-Type was used as the Broom Waggon in the film version of Belleville Rendez-vous. The Broom Waggon (also referred to as Sag Waggon) is the affectionate name for the vehicle that follows a Cycle Road Race picking up stragglers (or sweeping them up Les Triplettes de Belleville is a 2003 animated Feature film written and directed by Sylvain Chomet.
- HY's were used in the danish Olsen Gang movies as prisoner transports and by the gang themselves. The Olsen Gang ( Danish: Olsen-banden, Norwegian: Olsenbanden, Swedish: Jönssonligan, German: They also appeared in the norwegian productions of the movies.
External links
- Citroën H Van Showmobile for Company Promotions
- The Citroën H Van Register UK website
- H Van at Citroenet
- Table of common modifications
- H comme Huitième (In french)
- HY Parts Citrotech
- CITROËN WORLD: HY links
| Preceded by: Citroën TUB |
Succeeded by: Citroën C25 Citroën C35 |
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