1967 CITROEN Type : DS 21 Body : Le Léman Serial number : 4376002 Same owner for 43 years ! French registration 200 000 / 220 000 € Henri Chapron is one of the most famous French coachbuilders. In the most famous creations of Henri Chapron, there are notably some presidential cars, creations on the basis of luxury cars, but also a whole line of transformations on the basis of the Citroën DS. Today, Henri Chapron is often associated with the Citroën brand, the coachbuilder was born quickly in the automotive history with bodies proposed on the Ford T in the 1920s. Then Henri Chapron broke through in his field and obtained numerous orders to dress the most beautiful chassis of the 1930s. After the Second World War, the majority of manufacturers switched to monocoque bodies, making it more difficult to work as a coachbuilder, and it was in the 1950s that the great names died out... except for Chapron, which was revived by the Citroën DS. Chapron presented a convertible based on the DS at the 1958 Paris Motor Show. And this creation is quickly noticed by its style and by the numerous equipments that it displays: large chrome strips, wheel covers... In spite of the constraints imposed by Citroën to reinforce the DS base and to keep the removable rear fenders, the result is convincing and five orders are registered during the show, a great performance for an artisanal body builder. The adventure was launched. With this success, Chapron studies a coupé version of the Citroën DS which will take the base of the Cabriolet, the DS Coach is presented in February 1959 and was quickly named "DS Coupé Le Paris". The roof of this coach takes again the paw of Chapron with a line already seen on other transformations of the coachbuilder with its panoramic rear window and its roof bulged on its back part. Then, in 1960, Chapron enlarged its range with a new roof with tighter lines, it is the DS Coupé Le Dandy which can be made with a lowered roof, an option often taken by the customer to give an even sportier look to the car. This coach ended its career in 1965. In March 1966 at the Geneva Motor Show, with a new coach called "Le Léman", Henri Chapron returned to a design similar to that of the first generation "Concorde" with its very low roof at the rear. Only 24 units of this coach were built between 1966 and 1972. The presented model is a 1st generation. It has been entirely restored by its current owner (bodywork, upholstery, original mechanics revised). We offer you the opportunity to acquire a must of the French automobile myth: Citroën DS coach and a coachbuilder who became mythical: Henri Chapron in the same hands for 43 years! 1967 CITROEN Type : DS 21 Body : Le Léman Serial number : 4376002 Same owner for 43 years! French registration 200 000 / 220 000 € Henri Chapron is one of the most famous French coachbuilders. Among the most famous creations of Henri Chapron, there are some presidential cars, creations based on luxury cars, but also a whole line of transformations based on the Citroën DS. Today, Henri Chapron is often associated with the Citroën brand, but the coachbuilder was quickly introduced into the history of the automobile with the bodywork offered on the Ford T in the 1920s. Henri Chapron then made his mark in his field and obtained numerous orders to dress the most beautiful chassis of the 1930s. After the Second World War, most manufacturers switched to monocoque bodies, making it more difficult to work as a coachbuilder, and it was in the 1950s that the great names died out... except for Chapron, who was revived by the Citroën DS. Chapron presented a convertible based on the DS at the 1958 Paris Motor Show. And this creation was quickly noticed for its style and the many features it had: large chrome strips, wheel covers, etc. Despite the constraints imposed by Citroën to reinforce the DS base and keep the removable rear wings, the result was convincing and five orders were registered during the show, a great performance for a small-scale coachbuilder. The adventure was launched. With this success, Chapron studied a coupé version of the Citroën DS which would take the base of the Cabriolet, the DS Coach was presented in February 1959 and was quickly named "DS Coupé Le Paris". The roof of this coach was designed in the Chapron style, with a line already seen on other conversions by the coachbuilder, with its panoramic rear window and domed roof at the rear. Then, in 1960, Chapron extended its range with a new roof with tighter lines, the DS Coupé Le Dandy, which could be made with a lowered roof, an option often taken by the customer to give the car an even sportier look. This coach ended its career in 1965. In March 1966 at the Geneva Motor Show, with a new coach called "Le Léman", Hen