Cover: Course Aide-Mémoire "Steering" — SM Vehicle (June 1970)

In this document

This page constitutes the cover of an educational booklet titled Aide-Mémoire du Cours : Direction (Course Aide-Mémoire: Steering), dedicated to the SM vehicle p. 1.

It indicates that the document is published by the Division Technique Après Vente (After-Sales Technical Division), under the acronym E.M.A.C. p. 1, and bears the date JUIN 1970 (June 1970) p. 1.

The Citroën logo (double chevron) appears centered on the page, printed in black/grey on an orange background. A handwritten annotation "6.70" in red ink appears at the top right, likely repeating the publication date in abbreviated form p. 1. A small dark stain is also visible near the logo, with no particular significance noted in the transcription.

Context

The Citroën SM, introduced in 1970, is a grand tourer combining Citroën's body and running gear with a Maserati engine. It inaugurates the DIRAVI (Direction à Rappel Asservi) power steering, a sophisticated hydraulic system designed by Paul Magès, which modulates assistance and centering at the midpoint according to speed.

Citroën's After-Sales departments produced technical training booklets at the time for mechanics and dealers in the network, in order to prepare them for the maintenance and repair of this unprecedented system — this type of document is part of this internal educational approach, although this fact is not attested by the page itself.

Archivist's perspective

This cover, sober and institutional, serves as an entry point to a more developed technical booklet dedicated to the SM's DIRAVI steering. The acronym E.M.A.C. and the mention Direction Technique Après Vente p. 1 clearly place the document in the sphere of internal training at Citroën, intended for the after-sales network.

The handwritten annotation "6.70" p. 1 seems to confirm the publication date of the booklet and could correspond to an archiving or filing practice contemporary with its distribution.

This document likely constitutes the cover of the same booklet whose technical content is detailed in the archive Aide-mémoire de cours : direction assistée DIRAVI de la Citroën SM (fonctions assistance, rappel asservi, régulateur centrifuge), which probably extends its technical subject matter.