CITROëN H VAN

The 'Citroën H Van', 'Type H', 'H-Type' or 'HY' was a light truck (or delivery van) produced by the French car maker Citroën between 1947 and 1981. It was developed as a simple front wheel driven van after World War II. 473,289 were produced in 34 years in factories in France and Belgium. Most of them were sold in France, Belgium and The Netherlands.

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Names

Technic

Other

External links

Names

Most Type H were sold as model ''HY'' so many people know it only by this name. There were also models ''H'' (early ones), ''HX'' (lesser load capacity), ''HZ'', and ''HW'' (more load capacity). For some time, they were also sold as model ''1600''.

Technic

The engine, gear box and many smaller parts are well known from other Citroën models: Engine and gearbox are nearly the same as in the Traction Avant and later the DS, only mounted with the engine to front. Head lights and speedometer were identical to the 2CV for a long time.

Other

★ A H-Type was used as the Broom Waggon in the film version of Belleville Rendez-vous.

★ A HY was used in a norwegian Olsen Gang movie from 1977.

External links

★ Citroën H Van Showmobile for Company Promotions

★ The ''Citroën H Van Register UK'' website

★ H Van at Citroenet

★ Table of common modifications

★ H comme Huitième (In french)

★ HY Parts Citrotech

★ CITROËN WORLD: HY links

★ Web-archive about old citroen's docs from A to CX, between H.....

'Preceded by': Citroën TUB

'Succeeded by': Citroën C25 Citroën C35