The grand Citroën camping holiday

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Suppose you wanted to get away from the rat race for a bit, you might be thinking about spending a few days in the great outdoors, with a few friends for company and just a sheet of canvas to call home. Sometimes that's all you need for a really good holiday, provided the weather's sympathetic to your cause.

Let's say, then, that you've got your camping trip is all planned - you just need a car to transport you, a couple of friends and all your provisions. Something like an Austin 12 or a similar-sized Morris or Humber should be more than up to the job. It's spacious enough, and you can make use of a sizeable trunk and a roof rack to carry all the luggage that you'd need. It would certainly make more sense than trying to go camping in a tiny 5hp Citroën Type C, which is not a car renowned for spaciousness or speed when fully-loaded.

Still, the Type C is a car with a lot of character, and that must explain why this happy band of holidaymakers seem to be very proud of it, in spite of its unsuitability for camping. What's more, they were clearly able to transport their tent and cooking equipment somehow, even if we're not sure exactly where they might have put them. Most importantly, though, they're obviously having a lot of fun with it, and that's really what it's all about.

Now, when people take their pre-war cars on holidays, it seems to us like they prefer to opt for the warmth and comfort of hotels, but we wonder if there's anyone out there who still enjoys a good old-fashioned camping holiday with their old cars. Maybe you've had a particularly memorable vintage-car camping holiday? Why not tell us all about it?

Words: Zack Stiling; photographs: Stiling Collection
 

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