Originally Posted by
V8Ian
A mate of mine did his apprenticeship at the Brisbane dealership, the owner also being the Australian distributor.
The DS and SM did not comply with our ADRs.
Part of my mate's job was to make them compliant. This involved changing the headlight bulbs and fitting anti-intrusion bars to the doors, amongst other things.
Probably CX. I can't remember ever seeing a DS door with an intrusion bar in it. There would be little point (much like a 2cv) as there isn't the strength in the pillars to take impact forces. The big box sections you step over to get into the car would offer considerable protection against cars of its era (not the modern jacked up 4wds obviously). There is nothing much in a DS's structure if pull it apart. All the strength is the "hull"/chassis unit. All the doors and panels just bolt on. If you remove the glass from a door, they weigh the best side of nothing!
Proper cars--
'92 Range Rover 3.8V8 ... 5spd manual
'85 Series II CX2500 GTi Turbo I :burnrubber:
'63 ID19 x 2 :wheelchair:
'72 DS21 ie 5spd pallas
Modern Junk:
'07 Poogoe 407 HDi 6spd manual :zzz:
'11 Poogoe RCZ HDI 6spd manual
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