Citroën HY1600 Pick-up 1977

Beautiful restored HY Pick Up. Equipped with a new hood , cargo space professionally trimmed and equipped with benches which can easily accommodate 8 people. The car drives, shifts and brakes properly and can be used for many purposes.The Citroën H Van or Citroën HY is a van that was produced between 1947 and 1982. With its characteristic "corrugated plate body", the HY was a familiar sight in Europe. For no less than 34 years this car remained in production virtually unchanged, an absolute record for a van. A total of 475,000 were built. The heavier version with a higher payload was called "HZ. The practical cargo area was used for all sorts of purposes, including transporting agricultural goods, to use for ambulance transport. The requirements for the HY's design were somewhat similar to those of a 2CV: front-wheel drive, low fuel consumption and good handling. The first blueprints of this car were already on the work table during World War II, but the first prototype did not roll off the assembly line until after 1945. The design of the HY was not based on the self-supporting body. The desire was for a chassis with bodywork. All the technology was concentrated in the front of the car (engine, gearbox and drive train). The advantage of this is that an HY can be extended quite easily, by cutting the car in half, as it were, just behind the cabin; in this process, only the chassis beams and brake lines need to be extended. The HY has appeared in many hundreds of variants. As a camper, catering sales car, pickup, horse transport car, etc. In Belgium, the HY was favored as a driving French fry shop.... Between 1963 and 1970, the HY was also assembled in the Netherlands, at Citroën Nederland at Stadionplein in Amsterdam. Production was around 400 cars a year. To get a good idea of the lot, we advise you to come to the viewing day.