Citroën HY 1600 Pick Up truck. 1977.
Beautifully restored HY Pick-Up. Fitted with a new canvas top, the cargo area professionally paneled and equipped with benches that easily seat 8 people. The car drives, shifts, and brakes properly and can be used for many purposes. The Citroën H Van or Citroën HY is a delivery van that was produced between 1947 and 1982. With its characteristic 'corrugated sheet metal body', the HY was a familiar sight in Europe. This vehicle remained in production virtually unchanged for no less than 34 years, an absolute record for a delivery van. A total of 475.000 units were built. The heavier version with a higher payload was called 'HZ'. The practical cargo space was used for all kinds of purposes, ranging from transporting agricultural goods to use for ambulance transport. The design requirements for the HY were somewhat similar to those of a 2CV: front-wheel drive, low fuel consumption, and good road handling. The first blueprints for this car were already on the drawing board during World War II, but the first prototype did not roll off the assembly line until after 1945.
Beautifully restored HY Pick-Up. Fitted with a new canvas top, the cargo area professionally paneled and equipped with benches that easily seat 8 people. The car drives, shifts, and brakes properly and can be used for many purposes. The Citroën H Van or Citroën HY is a delivery van that was produced between 1947 and 1982. With its characteristic 'corrugated sheet metal body', the HY was a familiar sight in Europe. This vehicle remained in production virtually unchanged for no less than 34 years, an absolute record for a delivery van. A total of 475.000 units were built. The heavier version with a higher payload was called 'HZ'. The practical cargo space was used for all kinds of purposes, ranging from transporting agricultural goods to use for ambulance transport. The design requirements for the HY were somewhat similar to those of a 2CV: front-wheel drive, low fuel consumption, and good road handling. The first blueprints for this car were already on the drawing board during World War II, but the first prototype did not roll off the assembly line until after 1945. The design of the HY is not based on a monocoque body. The desire was for a chassis with a body. All the technology was concentrated in the front of the car (engine, gearbox, and drivetrain). The advantage of this is that an HY can be extended quite easily by, as it were, sawing the car in half just behind the cab; only the chassis beams and brake lines need to be extended. The HY appeared in many hundreds of variants: as a camper, catering vehicle, pickup truck, horse transporter, etc. In Belgium, the HY was a favorite as a mobile chip shop… Between 1963 and 1970, the HY was also assembled in the Netherlands, at Citroën Nederland on Stadionplein in Amsterdam. Production stood at around 400 cars per year.
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