For lovers of the iconic Citroen 2 CV

Millie Master said:
I have just spotted this quirky conversion of a Citroen 2CV AK 400, what a wagon 😍

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1975 Citroen 2CV in Southampton, United Kingdom - For Sal...

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Looks nice, there are very many camper variations of the 2cv, just a couple;

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i was working in the Alps one winter . my trusty deux chevaux went everywere i pointed it .one time it died ,and a mate brought me another engine . four bolts and a bit of tinkering and an hour and i was off again .
i've driven them long distances too ,and those elastic band seats are the most comfortable ever .
i have a photo somewhere of one we stripped down in Portugal ,nothing behind the engine bulkhead but seats , with my 12 year old boy doing donuts at the parking at Silves Barragem , till he got dizzy and drove off the edge with 2 drunk mates . managed to hit a tree on the way down which stopped him going diving . later my son in law drove it up the dam wall .
if you could still buy them for £50 i'd have a couple now !
 
Good enough for the royal marines.... They're good enough for me ;-)

1957, the British Royal Navy was preparing to send two aircraft carriers, HMS Bulwark and HMS Albion, to take a detachment of Royal Marines to deal with the rebels in the Malaysian jungle. Ground transport was needed and the vehicles had to be sufficiently robust and reliable to cope with jungle tracks and worse and had to be light enough to be taken ashore by helicopter from the aircraft carriers.
An admiral on HMS Bulwark had seen a 2CV Pick-up at a Citroën dealer near Portsmouth, borrowed it to take it on board for his next voyage, put it through many tests and returned it to the dealer. The Royal Marines Commanding Officer on board HMS Bulwark was so impressed that he ordered four more.
The first helicopter lift tests involving the 2CV pick-up were made on-shore in the UK by the helicopter company Westland Aircraft of Yeovil sometime in 1957‚ using a standard civilian version of the pick-up, bearing the registration number 33CPP. This vehicle was then taken aboard HMS Bulwark on the aircraft carrier’s second commission (voyage) during 1957 and 1958 for sea tests in the West Indies and the Indian Ocean with the Westland Whirlwind helicopters of 845 squadron RNAS.
The tests were judged a success and as a result HMS Bulwark was converted from a fixed-wing aircraft carrier to the Navy’s first helicopter commando carrier and equipped with a batch of pick-ups ordered from Citroën Cars Ltd in early 1959, to serve as motor transport with the 42nd Commando regiment of the Royal Marines.
Delivery of this batch had been preceded by the construction of a prototype military version, produced by converting a standard civilian pick-up. This vehicle bore the RN military registration number 61RN91.
The first batch of 35 pick-ups‚were delivered in time to sail on the Bulwark's third commission during late 1959 and 1960 and both 42 Commando and the Citroën vehicles were deployed ashore when the ship reached Singapore.
A second batch of 30 pick-ups was later delivered to serve a similar function aboard HMS Bulwark's sister-ship, HMS Albion, when this vessel was also converted to the commando carrier role in 1961

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I remember a chap I knew had one and when passing a bus as it moved off he had to back down as the old bus accelerated past him on the inside, he got some stick for that over the years.
 
trevskoda said:
I remember a chap I knew had one and when passing a bus as it moved off he had to back down as the old bus accelerated past him on the inside, he got some stick for that over the years.
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It must've been whacked OR he couldn't manage the gear change...

They are surprisingly nippy... And will easily pass the speed limit on the motorway.
 
My older cousin had one me and his brother who couldn’t drive at the time used to lift and bump it when he wasn’t around we managed to bump it to his grans garden behind a hedge he spend ages looking for it. Became a bit of a stupid party trick after that when we were out on the town if we came across one we had to move it into the most awkward position we could. Disclaimer. No 2CVs we’re hurt by my actions 😜
 
mistericeman said:
It must've been whacked OR he couldn't manage the gear change...

They are surprisingly nippy... And will easily pass the speed limit on the motorway.
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It was a good clean one, but he kept it for years and one day doing some welding it went on fire and the brigade had to come and put it out before it set fire to the house next door, folk next door had enuff and told him to get rid or move out.
 
It is amazing how nippy a 2cv was, when I owned one I also had a twin cam Escort and at that time I had an office in London and another in Leicester.

Quite amazingly the little bright orange 2cv was only ever a maximum of 5 mins. slower on either of the journeys and I know what was the best fun to drive!
 
Millie Master said:
It is amazing how nippy a 2cv was, when I owned one I also had a twin cam Escort and at that time I had an office in London and another in Leicester.

Quite amazingly the little bright orange 2cv was only ever a maximum of 5 mins. slower on either of the journeys and I know what was the best fun to drive!
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I had a 1600gt xflow in my kit car, 70bhp, now my we skoda 1300 had 68bhp, fords were always slow, that is if you could get them started in the mornings
Best engine ever built was the 1600 2tb toyota celica, just a pity the car handled like a bar of soap on a ice ring.
 
trevskoda said:
I had a 1600gt xflow in my kit car, 70bhp, now my we skoda 1300 had 68bhp, fords were always slow, that is if you could get them started in the mornings
Best engine ever built was the 1600 2tb toyota celica, just a pity the car handled like a bar of soap on a ice ring.
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My 2cvs always got me home when I lived fairly high up on the edge of the Peak District.

Used to get quite a few bad winters with plenty of snow.
The carcasses of every other car type - with the exception of landrovers - used to be scattered and abandoned along the wayside.
My little citroen(s) sailed on by and never let me down once. (y)👌

I quite liked fast cars and motorbikes when I was a lot younger - but only if I could own and drive them myself.
Flashy juice guzzlers - 4 or 2 wheel variety - don't impress me one iota these days.
 
having failed my first test in my old dormobile ,i found myself 2 hours before the second test with no car . a guy i know offered me his 2cv ,so well pleased , i went to get it . i'd never driven one before ,so finding it was LH drive ,which i'd never tried either ,and the handbrake was in fact the gear lever was a surprise , and to top it all i kept turning the key and it wouldn't turn over . the guy came to see why i was still there and helpfully pointed out the starter button . i'd never seen one of them either .
anyway ,i failed that test too
 
trevskoda said:
I had a 1600gt xflow in my kit car, 70bhp, now my we skoda 1300 had 68bhp, fords were always slow, that is if you could get them started in the mornings
Best engine ever built was the 1600 2tb toyota celica, just a pity the car handled like a bar of soap on a ice ring.
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My 1600 twin cam Escort in basic form had 105 bhp at the flywheel but with a few small tickles mine was putting out close on 125 bhp at the back wheels, it was very quick!
 
Millie Master said:
My 1600 twin cam Escort in basic form had 105 bhp at the flywheel but with a few small tickles mine was putting out close on 125 bhp at the back wheels, it was very quick!
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Yes the t cam was miles better than the pushrod donkeys, still made of iron though.
 
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