Interlude: Citromobile 2016

Well, another successful rally raid to Citromobile in Haarlem, Holland. You can find details here: http://www.citromobile.nl/indexen.html.

It's a large auto jumble. There are also vehicles on sale. I was going to write that it is Citroen-specific. that's nearly true, but you will also see some lovely Panhards on display - and maybe for sale. 

Not a Citroen: Panhard PL17? Possibly circa 1964?

As per last year, Richard drove: Friday night ferry over. Drive up to the exhibition centre early Saturday morning. Browse and buy. Camp on Saturday night. More browsing on Sunday. Drive back to Hook of Holland. Night ferry home. Very straightforward and enjoyable.

I'd been drawing up a shopping list for the last couple of months, starting with those things on last years list that I couldn't find. I tend to make the list long, reasoning that I'm bound to then find some of the things on it. Once again it's paid off, though in terms of stalls it was a quieter affair than last year. Richard and I considered why. Might have something to do with the ICCCR coming up in Holland later this summer. Traders need to pay for their pitch at these kind of events, so maybe some are holding back for the ICCCR. Anyway, I'm happy with what I was able to find and love the weekend away generally. Here's the haul.

Booty: Citromobile 2016

• Split accumulator sphere
• Door shims of various sizes
• Re-zinced lifting bracket
• Window winder backplates for     my Pallas winders
• Flexi pipe support bracket
• Radiator bracing bar with the 'eye' in the right place
• Water heater feed pipe with a kinked end
• Air horns - for the correct mounting bracket for my car (I took a template with me)
• Starter motor for a DX engine
• Various dashboard knobs
• Knob for the -15 heating 

Simplex 'Niemanns" - Citromobile 2016

I'm particularly pleased to have found a NOS boxed Simplex "Niemanns" (steering lock) with both keys, and the long cluster of five pipes that run from the gear brain to the gearbox. Mine ruptured when I was moving the car in March 2015. Later ones seem to be wrapped in plastic tape. Mine is covered in moulded plastic along it's entire length - making any repair on the rupture all the more difficult without tearing the whole lot apart. The one I found at Citromobile is also moulded, so will be a straight swap.

Thank you Richard. Roll-on Citromobile 2017!