Citroen Acadiane Truckente Motor Home 1981 by Autocult
The `Duck` with the wing helmet
Anyone who pages
through magazines from 1981 today, will inevitably come to the conclusion that
the tobacco industry was extremely creative and advertising-intensive at that
time. In various advertisements and promotions, the cigarette suppliers tried
to outdo one another. But no one managed to attract as much attention as the
French cigarette brand `Gauloises`. Beside the small advertising effort of
publishing a Paris travel guide, the light blue logo of the winged helmet
became known far beyond the French country’s boarders, as a number of unique
vehicles were raffled off in a lottery. Five individually designed cars,
resulting from a cooperation of Citroen and Gauloises, were raffled off. This
was ultimately the highlight of a cooperation that began a few years earlier –
in fact, in 1974. In this year, the advertising agency `Heye & Partner` was
commissioned by the German sales partner of Gauloises, the company BAT
(British-American-Tobacco), with a comprehensive campaign. Back then, a
shareholder of Heye & Partner owned five Citroens and the idea was born to
fit them with a new guise and to design fanciful versions for a raffle.
At BAT, the ladies
and gentlemen of the leaderboard liked the idea and they started out with five
‘Ducks’ in 1981. Later on, other vehicles followed, like the ‘Truck-Duck’. BAT
was able to win the Citroen plant for its projects and although the raffled
cars were touted as ‘Ducks’, the majority of them were of the type ‘Dyane’. The
‘Truck-Duck’, as the semi-trailer version was called, embodied the most complex
conversion of all vehicles. It is probable that the complete construction and
conversion took place in the factory halls of Citroen. The semi-trailer was
made of parts of the standard box-type vans, was fitted with a roof rack, and
could be separately parked due to a support foot.
Those who flirting
with the idea of owning one of the unique ‘Gauloises-Ducks’ today, have to hope
for someone selling his vehicle, as the closing date for the raffle of the
initial five ducks was on May 25, 1981.
Description: | Citroen Acadiane Truckente Motor Home 1981 |
Catalogue#: | ATC09014 |
Product Type: | Resincast |
Scale: | 1:43 |
Event: | Road |
Colour: | - |
Drivers: | - |
Sponsors: | - |
Dates: | 1981 |
Race/Position: | - |
Release Date: | March 2021 |
Weight: | 600 grams |
Comments: | Limited edition of 333 pieces. |
About Autocult
A relatively new maker of very well finished resincast models, established in 2015. Very imaginative choice of subjects, often concentrating on the more eccentric episodes in motoring history! Production limited to 333 pieces of each subject, which often means that we get one delivery and that is it, so pre-orders strongly recommended!! Made in China for Germany.