the legendary French automaker, Citroen, began making trucks in 1929 with a 1.8 litre 4 cylinder petrol-engined 1-tonner. Within a few years, the company had expanded its lines to include a 1 3/4 tonner, a 2-tonner, a 22-seat coach, a 3/4 ton six wheeler and a 5-1/2 ton tractor. In 1947, the company introduced it's "H" series of trucks. These trucks were 23' cwt payload delivery vans and they were used in a variety of situations. The original H series vans were recognizable by their snub-nose front and corrugated body panels. They had torsion-bar rear suspension and a 35 bhp version of the Citroen 11CV passenger car. These vans were highly versatile with plenty of space inside and on the roof to tackle the most important tasks.
One popular use of the H-van was as a service vehicle for fire fighting departments. Adapted to carry long lengths of ladder on its roof track, the Citroen H-Van service vehicle was a familiar sight speeding through the streets to a burning building. By 1961, the H series was offered with a 1.6 liter Perkins diesel engine. Even though by the mid '70s Citroen had become a division of Automobiles Peugeot and many other models had been discontinued, the useful H-series vans continued to be a viable representative of the Citroen legacy. Your Citroen H-series Van service vehicle is an authentic precision-engineered replica crafted in the 1:43 scale and is produced by Matchbox - the greatest name in die-cast.

Scale: 1:43