La nouvelle Opération M35

Stories about the current revival of the M35, newly available parts and ongoing updates.

Petrol filling hose newly available

17 Jul 2024

Petrol filling hose newly available

Good news for all M35 owners. The filling hose for the petrol tank of the M35 is now available in reproduction. Tom Verheijden, Michel Evers and Jean-Luc Loontjes have realized this. The snake is for sale on thewebsiteT…

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M35 No.3

06 Dec 2023

M35 No.3

It is the late summer of 1969 and the entire European car press has been called up to drive in Paris with the Citroën M35. An exclusive prototype with Wankel engine, the engine technology that seems to have a great futu…

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Exhausts: the sequel

23 May 2021

Exhausts: the sequel

How did it end with the walking adventure anyway? In September 2016, I (owner of #83) last posted on this website and I still owe you the sequel to the story.

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Reproductive impact rubber suspension

27 Mar 2021

Reproductive impact rubber suspension

Where would we be without No. 83 and Tom Verheyden. They have taken together the reproduction of the attack rubbers in the suspension of the M35. On these rubbers the car sinks when it is at rest, making them thinner af…

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No. 83 on its way to new exhaust

07 Sep 2016

No. 83 on its way to new exhaust

No. 83 is on its way to the south of England to have a new exhaust fitted at Quicksilver; it will be the template for another 12 pre-ordered exhausts. Follow the adventure at Twitter.

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Meeting at ICCCR 2016

07 Aug 2016

Meeting at ICCCR 2016

Dear friend of the Citroën M35,   On Saturday August 13th between 9.45 and 18:00 you are invited to pass by the M35 Meeting / Line-up at the ICCCR meeting, Landgoed Middachten, De Steeg, Netherlands.    

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M35 1:18

21 Jan 2016

M35 1:18

A smaller model of the M35 was already available, but soon it will come to your showcase in 1:18 as well. It’s from Otto Models and on the pictures it looks very nicely detailed, we’re curious!

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UPDATE Reproduction manual

11 Nov 2015

UPDATE Reproduction manual

UPDATE 04.05.'16 Manuals are ready It took some time, but finally the instruction manuals are ready. We are quite happy with the final result. All owners that ordered a copy have been contacted by email to further arran…

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No. 83 at autumn event Dutch ID/DS Club

29 Sep 2015

No. 83 at autumn event Dutch ID/DS Club

On Sunday 27 September the Dutch Citroën ID/DS Club held its autumn meeting at the location of the former shipyards of the Royal Dutch Navy in the city of Den Helder. One of the special events was an exhibition of a “ti…

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Better spark plugs!

12 May 2015

Better spark plugs!

We got a tip from one of our friends from the world that’s called NSU, concerning one of the points of improvement on our Wankel-engines; the spark plugs! The original Beru and Bosch plugs aren’t too easy to find and mo…

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No. 122 to Rotary Stock 2013

09 Sep 2013

No. 122 to Rotary Stock 2013

Translation in English not yet available (if you feel like making the translation, please feel free..). Rotary Stock 2013, 7-7-'13. Met No.122 naar het Wankelevenement van de RX7-club op het Midlandcircuit in Lelystad. …

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M35 meets DS's

20 Jun 2013

M35 meets DS's

Having the annual DS-Club-Deutschland-meeting exceptionally next door, with a drive on the world´s highest mine dump – which is normally closed for cars – as its highlight, I decided to leave my brave old DS in its gara…

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No. 415, 134 and 100 sold

19 May 2013

No. 415, 134 and 100 sold

UPDATE. No. 100 has a new owner in Belgium. He's also going to contribute to this website. Another step forward in La Nouvelle Opération M35. No. 415 has been sold in Holand and No. 134 has even found a new owner in Jap…

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Visit Mazda museum Hiroshima

31 Mar 2013

Visit Mazda museum Hiroshima

During his recent visit to Japan Hugo, our co-administrator for this website, visited the Mazda museum in Hiroshima. And they’ve got some Wankels as well! Here are couple of pictures of the engine-departement.

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Windscreens collected

05 Mar 2013

Windscreens collected

Februari 23rd it was time to collect the new windscreens. Paul had stuffed his XM and invited several owners to a nice location, Garage Visscher's showroom in Culemborg. Here we could admire the collection of Citroëns, …

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Disassembly engine

07 Jan 2013

Disassembly engine

Today I had the owner of No. 158 on the line, he's running his engine. That worked, only that gave rise to quite a smoke cloud and a leak. Time to break things up anyway. His question to me was which parts are available…

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Pictures production M35 at Heuliez

20 Aug 2012

Pictures production M35 at Heuliez

On this site you can find some more info on the M35 and pictures of the M35-production as well. Some of them widely known, some of them surely not. Please do have a look around at the site.

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Unknown M35s

12 Aug 2012

Unknown M35s

Sometimes we come across photos that do not show clearly which car it is. Often we have been able to trace them, sometimes just. Below a few examples. If you know anything about it, let us know!This M35, for example, wa…

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Brochure M35 found?

09 Aug 2012

Brochure M35 found?

When Citroën announced they were going to add the M35 to their selling programme, immediately 5000 people showed their interest. From them 500 were picked. Until now we thought the buyers had to make their decision upon…

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Auction Heuliez Collection

19 Jun 2012

Auction Heuliez Collection

Earlier on we mentioned the coming auction of the Heuliez-collection. Now the catalogue is online, it contains quite some beautiful and typical items. Two cars are M35-related, ofcourse the blue No. 39 owned by Mr. Heul…

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Unknown M35 in collection Junod, Switserland

07 Jun 2012

Unknown M35 in collection Junod, Switserland

In an article on the Auto Illustrierte website I found this M35 in a collection owned by the Swiss family Junod. Unfortunately I can't see the number on the fender. We're going to investigate it!   This will lead you d…

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M35's under one roof again

12 May 2012

M35's under one roof again

Since the weekend the M35's are under one roof again. Much cosier! M35 No. 54 SoldM35 No. 83 Still availableM35 No. 92 Still availableM35 No. 94 Still availableM35 No. 100 Still availableM35 No. 112 Still availableM35 …

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Prototypografie

05 May 2012

Prototypografie

Door: Kees-Jan Smit (Translation by Hugo Veldkamp)   Copy a font which was applied to the front wings of a prototype Citroën. How do you do that actually?   Notable to the fonts, which are applied by Citroën to the M35…

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Citroenm35.com online!

03 May 2012

Citroenm35.com online!

There is no translation available for this article. We would very much appreciate it, if you would like to translate it. Vandaag was het dan zover, de M35-site is online. We hebben er lang en hard aan gewerkt. Er is gek…

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M35's in Citroexpert

01 Jan 2011

M35's in Citroexpert

There is no translation available for this article. We would very much appreciate it, if you would like to translate it. Direct naar site Citroexpert

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