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Re: Citroen 2cv pages

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Post by jacquesm »

bufordtwain wrote: post #49

The 2CV is an interesting car to drive. It has very little power and the gear stick pokes out of the dashboard. It's a comfortable ride and you can peel back the cloth roof cover on a sunny day. Unfortunately it's not great at protecting the occupants in the event of a crash. Its doors are really thin and there are no air bags. Its design is very simple. Here is a video of a 2CV being dismantled and reassembled in 5…

That's a funny video, but I suspect a lot of the parts were already disconnected, I've rebuilt the gearbox on one and getting the engine out took a lot longer than that!

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Post by gorgoiler »

The 2CV was the first and last car my mother owned that had a had a hand crank start. I think we only bought it because of the Tintin related marketing material. The carburettor controls were front and centre, presumably for live adjusting the fuel richness as you ascended a Pyrenean cirque. I saw the famous twin engined version in Berlin a few years ago for a mere six figure euro price tag.

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Post by Gordonjcp »

adhesive_wombat wrote: post #34

Not car-specific but I do miss the days of huge paper catalogues. The multi-volume RS ones were great, but the real joy was something arcane like an optics, RF or connector company. I was convinced to throw away my relatively small and likely valueless but prized collection to well-intentioned "decluttering" when I moved to my own house. The thing is, they actually did spark joy, as Marie Kondo would say. Also data b…

I have a couple of volumes of RS data sheets sitting on the shelf in my shed, that I cannot bear to throw out. Yours if you want 'em.

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Post by Gordonjcp »

I once beat a colleague of mine driving is Porsche 911 Turbo in an impromptu street race in a deserted semi-demolished housing scheme somewhere in central Scotland, in an elderly Citroën Dyane.

Yup. With its 602cc engine, it absolutely wiped the floor with the 911. Totally unfair fight, fully 30 seconds faster per mile.

I probably shouldn't have goaded him into the bits that still had speed bumps, eh?

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Post by sbarre »

amelius wrote: post #38

They should really make a modern retro version of the 2CV, like they did with the MINI and VW Beatle. It's such an iconic car.

Wonder if they could make an electric version of the wagon? It could be great as a short-haul utility/delivery vehicle...

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Post by tveyben »

TedDoesntTalk wrote: post #10
jacquesm wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

2CV: 4500 dutch guilders, Dyane 4800, AMI 6250, GS 8000, D-Special 12000, DS 17000. For French Francs multiply by three or so, German Marks divide by 1.10. I was in a crash in a 2CV, it was my first car and after that never got into another one. The damage was incredible given the kind of accident it was.

The 2CV always seemed like a death trap to me. It could not get approved in the USA for import; I’m guessing because of safety regulations…although no Citroen cars were available in the US at all.

My mom drove a 2cv in LA - it got imported from Europa (not sure if it was from Denmark or France) as spare parts in order to get it ‘on the Road’ ;-) This was ca. 1983.

She still have it but drives a ‘74 beetle daily.

I remember (when briefly living in LA) that we drove it from LA to Las Vegas in july (also in the mid 80’ies). It was HOT!

People always got shocked when the hood was piped open and showing of an engine that have the size of a lawn mower (relative to the typical V8)…

Re: Citroen 2cv pages

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Post by sbarre »

bufordtwain wrote: post #49

The 2CV is an interesting car to drive. It has very little power and the gear stick pokes out of the dashboard. It's a comfortable ride and you can peel back the cloth roof cover on a sunny day. Unfortunately it's not great at protecting the occupants in the event of a crash. Its doors are really thin and there are no air bags. Its design is very simple. Here is a video of a 2CV being dismantled and reassembled in 5…

There's also the story of the man who was driving a 2CV in the desert, hit a rock and ruined his front axle, and converted the remains in a two-wheeler to make it back to civilization alive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFMWgSgB4sg
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