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In February 2002 Citroen Autoclub Canada received a most interesting phone call. Just when we thought we had a handle on the location of every Traction Avant in Ontario, another one popped up! Chris Minnes, a Canadian photographer living in California, called to inquire if we could be of help getting a 1949 Slough-built (RHD) Traction Light Fifteen out of his mother's rec room in Toronto. He said that back in 1983, Chris' Dad drove it in there and put it up on blocks, wanting to do a bit of work on it over that winter. Unfortunately his Dad passed away and the project never got around to being finished. So it just sat there in a nice dry heated basement. CAC members Larry Lewis and George Dyke stepped up to the challenge. They freed the seized brakes, put new fluids in the car, and dropped in a new battery. About three weekends of work later they drove it out of the rec room and back on the road!