1928 Citroen 12/24

Gorgeous, Vintage Wedding Car – 1928, Right Hand Drive, Slough Built, Vintage Citroen 12/ 24 (known in France as B14) – fantastic price !

Whilst this car is privately owned by me, it has been loaned to, and used extensively as a wedding car. The company is not giving up trading but looking to cut down the workload to make it more manageable, hence, this car is now for sale along with an identical 2nd car (see other listing).

The car was built in Slough, Buckinghamshire, England in 1928. This English (RHD) Right Hand Drive Citroen 12/ 24 Saloon is one of 4 ‘Slough-Built’ RHD survivors (I have 3 of the 4 at the present time).
This car was purchased and restored by us in 2009, and it is absolutely gorgeous, and very rare. Since restoration, the car has been kept in a fully insulated, lined, car garage in a 24hr humidity-controlled environment.
Having said it is RHD and rare, there are 1, 000’s of left-hand drive survivors in France, which means spare parts are plentiful.
If you want to look up history the registration number is: BF5139

IMPORTANT :
- The car has been heavily ‘weddingised’ to provide 100% reliability and able to maintain around 50MPH on most roads, it is also capable of travelling long distances, whilst providing around 30 miles per gallon too, so cheap to run.
- We kept up with the MOT until we stopped using it for weddings end of 2022, however, we have kept it on the road with tax and insurance during this time, so it still gets exercised.
- The car is shown in some of the photos with a butterfly mascot, however, we are selling it with a swallow mascot.
The car is a historic vehicle, therefore, it benefits from ….
- Free of charge road tax.
- Cheap insurance, even for wedding use with public liability.
- MOT exempt.
- ULEZ exempt.
Weddings potential
- The car is absolutely Gorgeous, and one of the prettiest around.
- It has reverse opening rear doors (nicknamed suicide doors), so easy to get in and out of, and the photographers like this because the door does not get in the way of their photographs of the happy couple in the back.
- There is loads of space for a wedding dress.
- Over the years this car has proved 100% reliability for over 350 weddings/ events.
- The profit, after overheads, on a wedding is around £250 per local wedding – the further the distance from the base the more charged.
- The car is fitted with a very efficient heater unit, therefore, if you wish, you could do weddings all year round.
- This is an excellent value wedding car to buy, maintain and drive.
- All wedding modifications have already been done, the car is ready for work. The engine is newer than original and being of cross-flow design, it does not suffer from fuel vapourisation as so many classic/ vintage cars do using modern fuels. This engine is very low mileage too, around 12, 000 miles. The gearbox is full synchromesh so not a crash box, they are both easy and a pleasure to drive.
- Wedding cars are exempt from statutory private hire licensing.
- This car can be used as a static display ‘gatsby’ car, and it can be used for proms too, though, this is subject to your local licensing office approval – (this differs area to area).
- This would be a great asset to run a wedding car business alongside another wedding business, we used to run it alongside a photography business, twice the income for your advertising. Alternatively, a great part time pastime or for additional income alongside existing employment.
- The gorgeous car can also be taken to shows, exhibited, and provides cheaper or sometimes even free access to so many key historic places.
- Driving a car on a wedding is an enjoyable thing to do, and it is not like going to work at all ! … After all, when can you go to work and everybody is happy?
- If you understand social media (or you know someone who does) you will have no issues in securing loads of work for the car.
I have records of all work undertaken in my ownership. I have many of the original parts that were removed from the car, so potentially it could be converted back to original (should a future owner wish to) all of these parts come with the car, if they are wanted – for full details regarding these items, what has been done to the car, please contact me for details.
To be clear, I am selling this car as a superb working vintage wedding car and not as an original car, however, it remains a gorgeous 1928 vintage car, with all the charm that the era had to offer, and is a pleasure to drive.
I HAVE A SECOND IDENTICAL MODEL CAR TO THIS FOR SALE, IN BURGUNDY, SEE LISTING.
Viewing is highly recommended. Gorgeous, Vintage Wedding Car – 1928, Right Hand Drive, Slough Built, Vintage Citroen 12/ 24 (known in France as B14) – fantastic price !

Believed to have been based in London many years ago, it was purchased as a restoration project and was completed in 2009 - Photos of pre restoration available.