Pete in Lincs Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 I've had a look. I found I have some 50/60's type skinny whitewall tyres which can obviously be fitted the other way around. Plus some steel wheel rims, some chromed, some plain plastic but they have five stud fixings where Citroen would be three bolt types. I think they would mostly be hidden under the load bed so you may get away with it. I also have the inner part of the wheels where the metal axle fits. The tyres BTW are branded as Firestones. I know I can do six wheels/tyres. I may just manage eight if they would suit you? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted November 17, 2018 Author Share Posted November 17, 2018 Thanks mate it would save me trying resin casting, i have 2 the same so I could put them on the roof as spares in which case I only need 6. Let me know how much you want and the postage, i can paypal you the money or send you a cheque if you don't do paypal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 PM inbound Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mancunian airman Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 I used to drive one of these . . . . It was bright pink (a respray) quite a head turner. Smoothest ride ever withe the hydraulic system with could be adjusted with weight carried but I would love to adjust it when sat waiting at traffic lights . . . Wish I had some photos, sadly got wrote-off when some clown driving a Datsun ran into the back of me at a roundabout . . . . Happy days. I look forward to seeing this develop as a transporter, Good Luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homerlovesbeer Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 Wow very enjoyable build thread so far. I'm just loving it. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted November 25, 2018 Author Share Posted November 25, 2018 Hi all attemped the roof rack (soldering is another of my achillies heels) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 Well I must say, nice rack! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted November 30, 2018 Author Share Posted November 30, 2018 Hi all here is the next update (those opening doors were a nightmare) there are 2 tiny pins with corresponding holes in the inner door skins which have the hooks for the hinges in the door posts thing is if you put the doorskin in those pins the chrome trim won't align and the door droops so what I ended up doing was using liquid cement on the joins hanging the inner door then putting the outer skin up to it and using clamps to hold them in place till the glue sets. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted January 4, 2019 Author Share Posted January 4, 2019 Hi all well I finally got some bench time, got the rear wheels on, just got to invent some suspension. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian T Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 This is great!!! The model is coming along very well, but where did the original come from??? I’m not an ardent car fanatic, but I have a reasonable interest, but this car has completely passed me by, I love it. Plus the DS was a lovely car anyway, this transporter adds another level to the story. Thanks kpnuts for opening my eyes to the DS transporter. Regards Ian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted January 5, 2019 Author Share Posted January 5, 2019 Hi Ian there is a French company (Mielien) (may have that spelt wrong) who specialises in doing conversions of this car (they have made some pretty out there ones, far more radical than this one) 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamden Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 Any progress on this fantastic project? Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted March 7, 2019 Author Share Posted March 7, 2019 Not yet but it's soon to be restarted. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhouse Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 On 1/5/2019 at 9:40 AM, kpnuts said: there is a French company (Mielien) I think it was designed by a French man called Pierre Tissier but built by a German company called Meilenwerk who did the conversions. There a great picture of Jochen Mass driving one on the Top Gear website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted March 26, 2019 Author Share Posted March 26, 2019 Hi all done a bit more work on this. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted April 4, 2019 Author Share Posted April 4, 2019 Hi all well the cabriolet is finished, I suppose I will have to start the dio now. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamden Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 That DS turned out very nice, captured the lines superbly nice workmanship! Roger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzn20 Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 I'd forgotten this thread.... You've done a great job so far . That 8 wheeler is quite something, well done . I'm going to go back through it all now to see your progress . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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