The Impossible Dream – Restoring a derelict Citroen SM at home.

Robert Blackmon of Los Angeles is a heavy truck owner/operator and about as nice a man as you’ll ever meet. His automotive passions have always leaned toward foreign cars. 

He loved the Citroën SM at first sight, appreciating its design and advanced features, vowing to own one someday. That day came in 1982 when he bought a ’72 SM from the late Gerald Wiegert of Vector Aeromotive fame. 

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