Ideal base?
Putting a Citroën DS in front of the door for relatively next to nothing is actually no longer available these days, but you might come close with this DS from the last model year. He definitely needs love, although with a bit of luck it might not be that bad.
Despite its iconic status, the Citroën DS has long been a pretty affordable classic. Nowadays, however, you quickly have to put down around €20,000 to €30,000 for a neat copy. After all, the mud is getting thinner and almost all remaining driving DS’s have already been restored to perfection. Not this copy, or at least not recently. That may make this classic a great opportunity, because it costs significantly less than average for that reason and it seems that it is not an impossible task to make something of it again.
The asking price is €6,950, making it currently the second cheapest DS we can find. How bad must it be, you may wonder. Well, at first glance it’s not a bad copy at all, certainly not inside, but a closer look shows that it really does need some love to get it right. In various places we see the blue paint peeling off and the chrome has also left here and there with the northern sun. Rust is the biggest enemy of the DS and this one cannot escape it either. The peeling paint is undoubtedly the result of (superficial or not) rust formation and especially in the trunk the rust specter has gone on a rampage. After all, the entire bottom was simply removed from there, because that was probably no longer salvageable. So you have to start welding anyway.
Don’t throw your bags in here.
With a bit of luck, it’s only these immediately spottable spots that need attention to get the DS back in acceptable condition. In that case it would be quite a stroke of luck for that price. However, you always run the risk of more popping up with a DS that has clearly been bereft of love. The supplier is silent about the technical condition in all languages and especially the special but vulnerable hydropneumatic suspension system can sometimes cause nasty surprises. A look at the history of this classic car doesn’t offer too much hope either. The DS has been without MOT for 14 years (it is still subject to MOT) and has already had two private owners who have had it in their possession without MOT. It is therefore possible that they have encountered more issues than expected and they have kicked the car again.
A thorough inspection and a thorough cost estimate are certainly advisable before you become the next person to take the ship. If you do manage to make something of it again, then you will of course drive with it princely, beautiful (and cheap, because lpg).
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– Thanks for information from Autoweek.nl