Seattle Citroën
1963
UPDATED
8/2024
We do not have numbers for how many cars Citroën sold in the USA in 1963, but the Montreal Star newspaper reported Citroën sold 600 cars in Canada in 1963.
There are very few unique things Citroën changed on US/Canadian cars for 1963. But we did find a few differences.
IGNITION
Starting in March 1963, the parts books show some minor differences to the distributor, coil, spark plugs, and spark plug extensions on USA cars. Champion 'L10' spark plugs were now specifically called out for USA cars.
ID19 REAR BUMPER
Initially, USA ID19's had all aluminum bumpers, then in mid-1959 USA cars received stainless steel lateral pieces and chrome plated Zamak risers, while Euro ID's kept their aluminum bumpers until the end of 1962.
In 1963, ID19's (globally) received a full stainless steel rear bumper. This change in 1963 made the rear bumpers on DS19's and ID19's the same.
I think Canadian ID's followed this same pattern.
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