Meet the Citroën H Van. I did a double-take today when I spotted it in the Richmond District. French-made, "the basic design changed very little from 1947-1981, according to Wikipedia. In the United States, Detroit would've tweaked the styling every year just to mess with your head that you were no longer driving the latest and greatest.
The corrugated metal design has all the sex appeal of a roll-up security gate. But those ribs add structural integrity without adding weight. This is the kind of practical engineering you get when you're focused on rebuilding what's left of your country after WWII. Nearly half a million of these work trucks were produced over the years. They are now sometimes converted for other purposes, like the hip food truck pictured below.
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