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1974 Citroen D Super - Pallas job

Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2015 9:06 pm
by Vince
I know its not an xm, but im sure you'll forgive the transgression :) Here is the 74 D super i got to play with the other weekend....

The car was in good shape overall having been restored in 2009, but the vertical panels had quite alot of swirling to them, and the overall colour just lacked some "pop" The owner was happy with the transformation :love:

I didn't get many before shots as time was limited and the weather was blowing a gale and raining hard...atrocious

Before shots:
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Then the finished shots (got more of them as the client wanted a good spread)
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Full write up on here
https://pallasar.wordpress.com/gallery- ... n-d-super/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; :cool:

Re: 1974 Citroen D Super - Pallas job

Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2015 9:46 pm
by MTXM
Very nice car and work by yourself Vince and I especially like the colour and reg!! With regards, Matthew T.

Re: 1974 Citroen D Super - Pallas job

Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2015 10:10 pm
by russ92xmsed
Wow! That colour really is popping now. Impressive Vince. :)

Re: 1974 Citroen D Super - Pallas job

Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2015 7:27 pm
by Dieselman
That looks lovely.

Re: 1974 Citroen D Super - Pallas job

Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2015 8:19 pm
by White Exec
Stunning. Quite extrordinary.
And I do like it that the car is stabled!

Re: 1974 Citroen D Super - Pallas job

Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2015 10:05 pm
by sdelasal
That really is a cracking colour - looks the same as the car that was on 'wheeler dealer' a few weeks back (probably recorded 10 years ago though!) where dealer boy buys the LHD DS from france - same colour.

Re: 1974 Citroen D Super - Pallas job

Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2015 10:16 pm
by Dean
No porn please Vince, this is a family friendly forum.

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Re: 1974 Citroen D Super - Pallas job

Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2015 6:20 am
by ekjdm14
Dean wrote:No porn please Vince, this is a family friendly forum.

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Says you, after posting your polishing work on the XM? :lol:

That colour though, suits the car so well and in the "after" pics the shine looks so deep you could drown in it!

Re: 1974 Citroen D Super - Pallas job

Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2015 9:30 am
by captainhaddock
Good job Vince. If only, I won the lottery ;)

Re: 1974 Citroen D Super - Pallas job

Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2015 10:54 pm
by Vince
Thanks guys, It was a pleasure to work on and the guy had a plum and custard 2CV under a cover next to it....he will want that doing he said at some point...

What was good about working on this DS was how solid and perfect the body was. It had been restored in 2009 and was done properly. The other DS Pallas i did some time ago, the black one looked amazing when it was done, but it really wasn't a solid car like this one and you could see it needed alot of work beneath the surface.

Ive posted this and some other stuff on the Citroen car club facebook page and pitched for an early cx or gs / ami to work on offering a good deal to do the job as I really want to do one, but Ive got no bites...a shame really as I would be in my element doing one of those models :mrgreen: