Citroen GS' spotted

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Citroen GS' spotted

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A friend spotted this pair of Citroens at a show:

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What's odd about this gold one is:
  • It's at a Citroen Meet in Saratoga, New York, USA
  • right-hand rear door damage
  • UK vehicle registration mark (if it is the correct one at some point in it's life)
  • The vehicle details for NFC 223S are:
    Date of Liability 01 07 2013
    Date of First Registration 07 06 2007
    Year of Manufacture 1978
    Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1220cc
    CO2 Emissions 0g/Km
    Fuel Type PETROL
    Export Marker N
    Vehicle Status SORN Not Due
    Vehicle Colour GOLD
    Vehicle Type Approval Not Available
    Vehicle Excise Duty rate for vehicle
    6 Months Rate £74.25
    12 Months Rate £135.00
  • From the above I assume a SORN has recently been done on a car bearing that VRM
  • It doesn't have an export marker
  • It's a long way from home
  • I'm told it had a Maryland plate on the rear (not sure if it had a current sticker either)
How odd. Does anyone recognise it? Is it on a long holiday? (I quite fancy a round-the-world trip if I won the lotto :) )
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the reg on the gold one say's it all " NICE FFFFF CITROEN"

your title should read ( Citroën GS'ssssssssssssssssssssssss spotted ) :lol: :wink:

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citronut wrote:your title should read ( Citroën GS'ssssssssssssssssssssssss spotted ) :lol: :wink:
Malcolm, I've always wondered what the plural is, not to say, but to write down. I think I was going to come back to the title as I was thinking GS's - hmmm, grocers' apostrophe - then I though GSs, but then it ends in s, so would it be GSes. Then my head hurt, so I just left it. 8-)
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macplaxton wrote:
citronut wrote:your title should read ( Citroën GS'ssssssssssssssssssssssss spotted ) :lol: :wink:
so would it be GSes.
or it could be GEEEES what a pair of lovely G'z :shock: :roll: :lol: :wink:

regards malcolm
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Did someone post here before the crash that lost that day's messages? I got some form of thread update notification...
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I believe it was a few comments suggesting a pair of G's being too much to handle
(in a non Citroen context...)
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thanks for filling in the "lost" bit of time.
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andmcit wrote:I believe it was a few comments suggesting a pair of G's being too much to handle
(in a non Citroën context...)
especially if it got strung or is that stringed out :shock: :wink: ,

wedgie comes to mind :roll: :lol: :wink:

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citronut wrote: wedgie comes to mind :roll: :lol: :wink:

Now then Malcolm!!!
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CitroJim wrote:
citronut wrote: wedgie comes to mind :roll: :lol: :wink:

Now then Malcolm!!!
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A wedgie Princess?
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now now Stev thats just a little too far :shock: :twisted: :roll: :wink:

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Oddly enough I did hear, ages ago when I was driving a GS, that it was supposed to be the Princess but was rejected by BL and adopted by Citroen.
Probably a UL but innerestin.
I had a Princess just like that but with the very trendy and upmarket vinyl roof. Class :roll:
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that one looks like someone has over pumped the elastic suspension :shock:

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