The Citroen Visa Forum

Hello forumers,

my name is Henning, based in Berlin, Germany.

Just recently a "new" 1984 Visa has become part of the family (C3 Pluriel and a 1983 GSA Spécial).

Both the GSA and the Visa (11E) are in Bleu Camargue (GNX-S) and all blue inside. Bought in southern France via Ebay. Love them!

And now here is my question:

On top of the "11E" plaque there is another plaque that says "Chausson". And the rear of my Visa is different. See the pictures.

When googling "Visa Chausson" I only find information about the 6wheelers. Now, can anyone help me to find out what version or series my Visa is? Are there any others of this kind? How many were built? How much additional costs for the buyers at the time? And that chrome bar/handle: was it custom made or taken from another car/truck?

I could not get any useful information in the general Citroën forum in Germany and there is no Visa enthusiasts group or forum here.











Greetings from Berlin,
Henning

...hello Henning and welcome to the forum. Your Visa looks very nice, the colour Bleu Camargue was not sold for the Visa in the UK we had Cornflower Blue instead, how many km has it done.

linoberlin wrote:On top of the "11E" plaque there is another plaque that says "Chausson". And the rear of my Visa is different. When googling "Visa Chausson" I only find information about the 6wheelers. Now, can anyone help me to find out what version or series my Visa is? Are there any others of this kind? How many were built? How much additional costs for the buyers at the time? And that chrome bar/handle: was it custom made or taken from another car/truck?

...I have never seen a Visa boot like the one on your 11E, not even the Visa Entreprise has a boot like that. I have checked the Carossier Chausson information that I have, but I can not find details of your Visa convertion. I would guess that it has been custom converted to take perhaps a wheel chair, the shape of the standard Visa boot is like this:

yes, I had 2 Visas in the 80s - so I knew from the begonning that this is a strange backside

The little blue car had 58.000 km when I bought it and has now 59.000 because I had to chase the poor thing all through France because of their strike in October. The car pick-up train didn't leave from Avignon. Instead it left from Lörrach in the south of Germany, near Basel. She did well. Only the exhaust broke...

The boot thing is definitely an alteration, but not pure hand made. The metal pieces that are fitted are industrially made.

It's funny, because the car does not have any other extra feature. Not even a radio. (not nice to drive 1000 km through France without radio!!!)

I bought it from the family of its owner, a 95 year old!

Grandpa doesn't even know that the family took the car from the garage and have sold it. So he could not be asked about details....

And my French language skills are definitely not good enough to write to the Chausson people.

Maybe someone else has a hint.

linoberlin wrote:The little blue car had 58.000 km when I bought it and has now 59.000 because I had to chase the poor thing all through France because of their strike in October. The car pick-up train didn't leave from Avignon. Instead it left from Lörrach in the south of Germany, near Basel. She did well. Only the exhaust broke...

...that is a good low mileage and I guess there is very little rust because you bought it from the South of France, also is the seat fabric ok and not damaged by the sun. I should think it was the longest car journey the car had ever done from the South of France to Lorrach.

linoberlin wrote:It's funny, because the car does not have any other extra feature. Not even a radio. (not nice to drive 1000 km through France without radio!!!)

...I've always found it funny that the rear speakers and the aerial were standard - but the radio was an extra.

linoberlin wrote:I bought it from the family of its owner, a 95 year old! Grandpa doesn't even know that the family took the car from the garage and have sold it. So he could not be asked about details....

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linoberlin wrote:And my French language skills are definitely not good enough to write to the Chausson people. Maybe someone else has a hint.

...it is difficult to get infomation about Carossier Chausson de France since they closed in 2000.

Welcome to the forum Henning.
Your Visa looks to be in very nice condition - that bootlid is very peculiar though!
I like the colour too.

Hello Henning and welcome to the forum.

It looks like you have found yourself a lovely Visa, fantastic colour.

Unfortunately, I have to say I've never come across your conversion before and cannot shed any more light on it. Good luck with the search.

Welcome Henning,
What a nice looking car. Blue Camargue is my favourite of the blues.
For interest, the colour was brought into the UK - My 1972 Dyane is Blue Camargue!

Regards
Grumm

...I know we mentioned a boot convertion similar to yours on the "82 Visa" thread Henning - 82-visa-t583.html#p4253 - but I've come across another one on a French forum so they were obviously quite common in France:

Just found another one on a French Forum: