Chapron Citroen Convertible

 Henri Chapron, who built the Réard Land Yacht of a couple of days ago started in the coachbuilding business in the 1920s, crafting high style bodies for various chassis. World War 2 pretty much ended the era of bare chassis being sent to coachbuilders for a custom bodies but Chapron found a niche designing and making a convertible version of the new Citroen DS. This was first shown at 1958 Motor Show three years after the DS was released. Citroen approved of the project and worked with Chapron to strengthen the chassis and investigate cost cutting possibilities. The cars were sold through Citroen dealers starting in 1961. In all 1365 cars were built.