1956 Citroen Traction Avant

1956 Citroen Traction Avant

1956 Citroen Sedan Traction Avant

1956 Citroen Traction Avant For Sale By Owner

So here’s an original first unibody front-wheel-drive car in the world, a solid example offered for sale on craigslist for $13,000 in Cecil County, Maryland. Own a piece of world motoring history, the 1956 Citroen Traction Avant featured here is said to be a dry, slightly rusty example.

The French are trying to make a lighter and more agile vehicle, then born the Traction Avant's structure was a welded unitary body with chassis, most other cars of the era were based on a separate frame (chassis and body separate), but today most car construction followed the French.

1949 Citroën Traction Avant Project

1949 Citroën Traction Avant Project

1949 Citroen Sedan Traction Avant

1949 Citroën Traction Avant Project for sale

Here's a French antique car project being offered for sale at Carigslist, is a 4-door sedan made by Citroën. It's a Traction Avant model was built in 1949, This is the real thing, Classic, body is complete, very very Rare, decent interior for its age, this vehicle has not being started, but it was running. This could be perfect example to be worth to restore.

1947 Citroën 11B Traction Avant

1947 Citroën 11B Traction Avant

1947 Citroen Sedan Traction Avant

1947 Citroen 11B Traction Avant for sale

Here's we found antique car in 4-door body from French by Citroën. It's a 11 B-normal model built in 1947, Layout front wheel drive, structure was a welded monocoque (unitized body).

Detail by Owner
This is a pre 1952 Traction with the flat trunk, wipers above the windshield and the Performance engine. I purchased this from a California seller and have done minor work on it so far. I had the head checked over and new valve springs installed along with normal head work done. Starter rebuilt. The car has been converted to 12 volt which means it starts quite easily vs the original 6 volt system. Interior is good but some water staining of the lower door cards since no one has replaced the rubber door and window seals over the years. Floor has been repaired in small areas but is overall solid. I have driven the car and the transmission is good. Second gear stays in and the syncros work better than most tractions. The brake system seems to have been redone sometime in the past since the master cylinder, brake shoes, flex lines and wheel cylinders all seem fairly new. New steel brake line was installed at some point from the front to the rear cross over line. However there is a leak somewhere and the brakes need to be pumped to stop properly.