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CITRÖEN
RWD
REGISTER
Introduction by
BOZI
MOHACEK
SVVS
CLASSIC,
VINTAGE & VETERAN CARS
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VINTAGE CITRÖEN
REGISTER
now
CITRÖEN
RWD REGISTER
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The VINTAGE CITRÖEN
REGISTER was founded in the UK in January 1991 by Bozi
Mohacek (with an original 1921 5CV
Cabriolet) and Barry Peerless (with
a supercharged 1925 5CV Normande), following a photoshoot by The Classic &
Sportscar magazine at
Brill in Oxfordshire for an in-depth article the magazine was doing on the
Citröen
5CV Model C. It was felt by Barry and Bozi that specific interest in
'rear-drive' Citröen Models was not fully covered by existing Citröen Car
Clubs who were mainly concentrating on Moderns and Tractions.
After a few
months of hard work in Barry contacting all known 'rear-drive' Citröen
owners and sending out questionnaires, and by Bozi in subsequently
collating, tabulating and typing all the answers into a computerised
document, the first Vintage Citröen Register was issued to Members in June
1991. At that stage there were a total of some 90 vehicles
known to the Register.
Barry Peerless continued with his Frazer-Nash commitments and Bozi Mohacek
took on additional duties as the Vehicle Registrar of the Surrey Vintage Vehicle
Society, and also those of the Chief Steward of the Historic Vehicle
Display at the Edenbridge & Oxted
Show. Barry Peerless has regretfully since passed away, and Bozi
Mohacek after 15 years stepped down from the E&O. Bozi is currently
the President of Surrey Vintage Vehicle Society, and also the Webmaster.
The SVVS Website contains five pages outlining the brief biography of Andre
Citröen, the history of
the Citröen Model C and Bozi's
Cabriolet . Please click on underlined
text to be taken to the appropriate page.
In 2001 all the documentation relating to the Vintage Citröen Register was
passed to Tim Wright who
was a keen owner of a 1928 Citröen B14. Tim introduced a new logo
and issued a new updated Register in December 2001, and a number of subsequent updates
followed. Tim later renamed the VCR as "CITRÖEN
RWD REGISTER" to bring it into its
correct alphabetical position at 'C' rather than at the end of the list under
'V'. It should perhaps be noted that post-vintage Citröens became
front-wheel-drive cars, (frequently referred to by the French 'Traction-Avant'),
and these cars are not covered by the Register.
Tim subsequently retired from the Register after 10 years in January 2011,
and passed the baton on to David Crouch who
owned a 1924 B2 Normande. An updated
Register was issued in January 2012 with some 95 owners, many with
multiple vehicles. -- Some 10 years later in January 2022 the Register
passed to Paul Reid with a 1926 Citroen B12 Plateau. Paul started
preparing a
revised Register in February and advised Members by issuing an
email-based Newsletter.
Citröen Cars falling within the scope of the Citröen RWD Register are
all rear-wheel models manufactured between 1919 and 1935 and include the
following models:
Citröen Model A, Citröen Model B2, Citröen Model
C,
Citröen B10, Citröen B12, Citröen B14, Citröen B14F, Citröen B14G,
Citröen
B18, Citröen C4, Citröen C6, Citröen C6E, Citröen C6F, Citröen C4F,
Citröen C6 CGL, Citröen C4G, Citröen C6G, Citröen Rosalie; Citröen 8CV,
Citröen 10CV, Citröen 15CV, Citröen 10L, Citröen 15L, Citröen 15 GL. All
bodystyles are eligible for the Register. Although the Register is primarily to
record cars resident in the United Kingdom, a number of Citröen cars
resident abroad are also on record.
The Citröen RWD Register has no affiliation with any particular club, Citröen or
otherwise, because many vintage enthusiasts are not exclusive to any one
make. At this time the Register is not planning any 'social meetings'
because the prime intention is to set up an information exchange service.
If however, members wish to arrange regional events or group meetings,
they will receive our support.
The aims of the Citröen
RWD Register are :
* To publish a detailed list of all RWD Citroens, available to
members only *
* To promote exchange of information on restoration, servicing and spares
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* To build an archive of informative literature pertaining to all RWD
models *
* To publish a newsletter, when the supply of contributions permits *
To
join the Register or for
further information please contact the Citröen
RWD Register at : citroenrwdregister@gmail.com Paul
Reid, Ceardach, Brackenthwaite, Rosley, Wigton CA7 8AS Cumbria UK
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From the start, and during the early
'computer era', this small holding website was based at BT by Bozi Mohacek
on behalf of The Vintage Citroen Register. It had to be rapidly moved from
BT and is now hosted courtesy of The SVVS.
Webmaster:
Bozi Mohacek; Contact vintman@svvs.org
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