Citroën U55 Cityrama Currus, 1955. A sightseeing bus that was built for Parisian tour operator Groupe Cityrama. It was based on the chassis of a U55 truck. The top deck had a glass roof that could be opened up. The design was inspired by the iconic Bateaux Mouches that cruise the River Seine and the buses were built by Paris’s oldest coachbuilder, Carrosserie Currus. The fleet has long since been retired but in 2022 it was revealed that the last remaining U55 Cityrama is to be restored

Citroen U55 Cityrama Currus: From Flash Gordon's Future. In 1950s Paris, tour operator Groupe Cityrama commissioned French coachbuilder Currus

1959 Citroën U55 Cityrama Currus В конце 1950-х - начале 1960-х годов жители Парижа могли наблюдать на улицах своего города вот такой аппарат, словно сошедший со страниц научно-фантастического романа. Но это был не совершивший аварийную посадку звездолет, а экскурсионный автобус, построенный в 1959 году кузовной фирмой Currus для турагентства Groupe Cityrama. #France https://www.instagram.com/p/BwHI4Vjps2a/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=dok8ldifpuce

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Citroen made this double deck bus in the 1950s for Paris tour operator, Groupe Cityrama. The French coach builder Currus was commissioned to build their tour bus on a Citroen U55 truck chassis. . #history #viralnetics #transport #citroen http://fat.ly/3srjw [ Instagram ]