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- Chapron was born in 1886
- His studio was created in 1919
- Chapron began his career in the1940s
- In the 1950s he created 389 hand-built Ds convertibles
- He made two variants of Citroen SM
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Henri Chapron was a renowned French automobile coachbuilder. His studio was in the suburb of Paris. At the beginning of his career he developed custom body designs for French luxury vehicles. When such vehicles ceased to come, he started to use his skill on the Citroen DS. He went on effecting conversions on newer vehicles as they came out. In 1968, Chapron made a special DS Presidential model for the government of Charles de Gaulle. Again, in 1972, he finished two SM Presidential models for the government of Georges Pompidou. When Queen Elizabeth II visited France, those gigantic convertibles were first used. They were again used for the inauguration of Jacques Chirac in 1995.
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Dutch Site about Henri Chapron
You can see some pictures of Citroen DS that are modified by Chapron. Also the people behind this site a busy with writing a book about Henri Chapron -
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French book about Henri Chapron
A wonderful French language tribute to to work of this great coachbuilder. Hundreds of illustrations, both color and black and white, make this worthwhile for the pictures alone. -
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