Traction VW

Soms vind je op de Amerikaanse Ebaysite de meest merkwaardige voitures, de "sales talk" ervoor is even krankzinnig. Zo kwam ik dit voertuig tegen, een "Traction Avant" met de achterwielaandrijving van een Volkswagen Kever.

Dit is het werkelijk waanzinnige verhaal van de verkoper:
"Vehicle is titled as a 1971 Volkswagen (same clear title received when I purchased; I’ve never registered or transferred.) Vehicle has a 1937 Citroen T/A body modified to fit on VW Beetle chassis and drive train. Rear-mounted 4 cylinder with manual 4-speed transmission. I purchased vehicle already modified to chassis as a two door hardtop, with bodywork complete and painted in gray primer, without any interior, from a WWII memorabilia collector using in his museum. I purchased it for use as an era-specific film prop. Legend from previous owner was that it was used by both Nazi’s and French Resistance fighters, and eventually bought by a American GI after war and shipped home in pieces. I have no documentation of such history, and as such none would be included with this sale. As stated- this story is the legend of the previous seller who regularly imported and collected all sizes and types of military vehicles from WWII, Korean, Vietnam and other conflicts and eras from all over Europe. Somewhere along the years it was fit to the VW chassis (likely because, as he put it, Traction Avant frames of that era were notoriously junk)."

Om met de laatste opmerking te beginnen: Tractions hadden geen chassis, ze waren zelfdragend. Ook de rest van het historische verhaal klopt van geen kant, het gaat hier duidelijk

om een opengezaagde naoorlogse Traction, die noch door de Nazi's (ondanks het WH-kenteken), noch door het Franse verzet is gebruikt. Hieronder een foto van de motor van bedoeld voertuig.