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Celebrating 21 years of continuous Southwest news coverage!
Volume No. 22, Issue No. 7
www.swportlandpost.com
Portland, Oregon
Complimentary
May 2014
Retired psychologist attempts to resurrect a 1924 Citroen Cabriolet
By Lee Braymen-Cleary
The Southwest Portland Post
As some of us envision a Citroen,
that French automobile that rolled
out of the Parisian factory year after
year since 1919, you might say the
car is an acquired taste.
But local resident Robert Weis-
man, Ph. D., a seemingly mellow
retired psychologist is more knowl-
edgeable. He has owned two of
these exotic Parisians and maintains
a Citroen Club membership.
Weisman knows, for instance, that
the earlier models—the Type As and
Type Cs from 1919 to 1926—did
not have that “other worldly” look
about them.
The smallish, Type C was dubbed
a lady’s car, not only because of its
size, which facilitated easier ma-
neuvering, but also because it had a
built-in electric starter added to the
standard front starting crank.
Thus post-World War I ladies
did not need to strain themselves.
Too, since the car’s thin tires with
unusually large
radii rendered it
good for puddle
jumping, Type C
became a favorite
among doctors
making house
calls.
Weisman said
he estimates that
today only 200 of
these 90-year-old
French heirlooms
exist worldwide
and that there
are “fewer than a
handful” extant in
the United States.
And it is the
then-popular
1924 Type C Cab- Bob Weisman sitting at the wheel of the 1924 Citroen Bob Weisman's nearly complete "Lazarus" Citroen
riolet Weisman Cabriolet he rebuilt during the first years of his retirement. Cabriolet. (Post photos by Lee Braymen-Cleary)
chose to resurrect, It is only recently finished, and it is the first time he's put
piece by rusty the top down.
piece, missing
Citroen aficionado or not, why
assembled even longer. What could
piece by missing piece.
did
Weisman take on Lazarus? “I‘ve
Weisman
do
but
christen
his
newly
This particular two-seat model
never
been around vintage cars,”
purchased
rust-shrouded
heap
of
convertible had not been driven for
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parts “Lazarus?”
30 years; moreover, it had been dis-
City budget hearing includes
requests for several Southwest
projects
By Erik Vidstrand
The Southwest Portland Post
The Portland City Council was
on hand at Portland Commu-
nity College’s Sylvania Campus
last month for the first of three
community-wide budget hear-
ings. Mayor Charlie Hales’ budget
priorities for fiscal year 2014-15
were proposed.
The budget is approximately
$3.6 billion with total program
expenditures, such as personnel,
materials and services, and capital
outlay, of $1.7 billion.
General fund bureaus were
not required to submit reduction
packages. Due to limited new re-
sources, bureaus were directed to
only ask for critical needs or for
enhancements that improve ser-
Merchants raise funds for Portland
Police K-9 unit
Jason Lensch and Jennifer Robinson, co-chairs of the Multnomah Village
Business Association, have assembled donation boxes for the fallen K-9 police
dog who lost his life protecting Portland Police officer Jeff Dorn. Early on April
16, police were pursuing three burglary suspects in the Multnomah area when
one of them shot and killed Mick, a two-year old purebred German Shepherd.
Donation boxes can be found throughout village businesses in early May. All
proceeds will go directly to the Portland Police Bureau K-9 Unit.
(Post photo by Erik Vidstrand)
vices in the following areas: emer-
gency preparedness, complete
neighborhoods, and homelessness
and hunger.
T h e B u re a u o f E m e rg e n c y
Management’s Sears Facility, on
Multnomah Boulevard, was al-
located $2.9 million for renova-
tions involving the development
of meeting space and storage of
emergency equipment.
Neighborhoods would convert
seasonal park workers to full-time
and investment in SUN schools for
a total of $1.8 million.
Allocations for five Southwest
projects were also proposed. This
includes the April Hill Park trail
grant match, Southwest Portland
trail expansion, Spring Garden
Park improvements, and the South
Waterfront Greenway Trail.
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