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stinkwheel
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nothing wrong with rodding a 2CV. Just don't start with a nice one.
New galvo chassis start at about 350 quid. Floor pans 50 quid each side and sills from 20 quid upwards depending on quality.
Any 2CV can be brought back to life but nice clean examples are becoming collectable and have a price to match.
When rodding you have 2 options, go standard chassis and this limits you to engine choice, namely 2 cyl standard or blown or tuned or whatever (all been done) and 4 cyl GS range (again all been done tuned blown etc)
non standard chassis with converted to upright struts on custom tubes with just a 2CV body sitting on, then there has been dragsters. 2.8 ford engines etc.
The real cutdown thing you picture is oneof the best ever i've sen, looking at it the mechanical are all standard. I drive one daily and to be honest very rarely cant keep up or exceed the pace of modern traffic but you gotta know how to drive one.
They rust everywhere but panels are easy to find and easy to fit if you have a bit of bodywork knowledge. Derivatives (dyanes, ami's, van, mehari's are harder to get and harder to fix)
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1973 Citroen Dyane 6 1980 Citroen Acadiane
1992 Citroen AX 1990 Citroen BX
1997 Citroen XM 1993 Citroen BX
1997 Citroen Xantia 1977 Citroen Ami 8
1996 Ford Escort 1989 Citroen BX
1997 Suzuki RF900 1988 Yamaha TDR250
1979 Honda CB400.
'I need less vehicles'
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stinkwheel
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This is a dyane based thing, almost certainly 4 cyl GSA powered.  Image taken from a top man J.Cats Dutch website. |
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1973 Citroen Dyane 6 1980 Citroen Acadiane
1992 Citroen AX 1990 Citroen BX
1997 Citroen XM 1993 Citroen BX
1997 Citroen Xantia 1977 Citroen Ami 8
1996 Ford Escort 1989 Citroen BX
1997 Suzuki RF900 1988 Yamaha TDR250
1979 Honda CB400.
'I need less vehicles'
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stinkwheel
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Yes they race them....full race motor not cheap but i know the man to speak too :-)  |
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1973 Citroen Dyane 6 1980 Citroen Acadiane
1992 Citroen AX 1990 Citroen BX
1997 Citroen XM 1993 Citroen BX
1997 Citroen Xantia 1977 Citroen Ami 8
1996 Ford Escort 1989 Citroen BX
1997 Suzuki RF900 1988 Yamaha TDR250
1979 Honda CB400.
'I need less vehicles'
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we have one the same year and in the same state it had a brand new chassi just before it was finally parked up, the previous owner ended up sitting on the tar at traffic lights one day  ;D, from the front end everything but the roof is identical to yours ours has a plain red roof, same cracked grill, rusty bumper, same lights mum had one before she had me apparently the bonnet popped up and peeled it round the windscreen oneday.......after catching fire |
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Last Edit: Nov 3, 2006 0:47:18 GMT by samyboy
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Bioshock
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I drive one daily and to be honest very rarely cant keep up or exceed the pace of modern traffic but you gotta know how to drive one. Aren't these one of the slowest accelerating cars ever built?  |
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Almera GTI = ugly bird who turns out to be great in the sack = Win
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Bioshock
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Not quite sure what he's going to haul in this "rig"   |
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Almera GTI = ugly bird who turns out to be great in the sack = Win
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slater
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Banded *cough* wheels *cough*
What id like to do to one of these is put it on some proper sized wheels with a proper suspension setup that dosent give the wheels some stupid camber and then channel the body over it so it sits right.
But then again you might loose its charicter a bit. Id deffo stick with the 2 cylinder lump
Maybe remove the wings?
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stinkwheel
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Omn paper yes very slow accelerating, 0-60 in like 20 odd seconds, but you don't get left behind and i beat stuff up to about 15 mph. Its weird. But fun :-)
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1973 Citroen Dyane 6 1980 Citroen Acadiane
1992 Citroen AX 1990 Citroen BX
1997 Citroen XM 1993 Citroen BX
1997 Citroen Xantia 1977 Citroen Ami 8
1996 Ford Escort 1989 Citroen BX
1997 Suzuki RF900 1988 Yamaha TDR250
1979 Honda CB400.
'I need less vehicles'
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Getting it low is easy, and for wheels try looking at some of the kitcar manufacturers, like Lomax.
Other than that use one of the many of the specialists for the repair parts and you'll have a very cool ride on the cheap!
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I love 'em - Mrs Autohausdolby is seriously considering a Camionette (sp?)
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iv owned one of these for a bit. very odd very french car!!
but fun all the same. not very fast but they can be made to handle very well!! yes thats right!
a few easy mods and these things really go around corners!! shock horror!!
i remember racing a guy to work every day me in my 2cv and him in his citroen ax gt....
it was down hill on some sections so and he was deffo faster but i always lost him on the twistys!! lol
even with my rear wheel 18" in the air on hard cornering!!
ahem* on private roads of course *
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What size wheels are they? Please don't tell me they're 17's after I just spent a pile on crossplies for the pop...
Sell me those lights!
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stinkwheel
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15 " wheels.
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1973 Citroen Dyane 6 1980 Citroen Acadiane
1992 Citroen AX 1990 Citroen BX
1997 Citroen XM 1993 Citroen BX
1997 Citroen Xantia 1977 Citroen Ami 8
1996 Ford Escort 1989 Citroen BX
1997 Suzuki RF900 1988 Yamaha TDR250
1979 Honda CB400.
'I need less vehicles'
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borrowed from the el camio thread, i hope reallyloud doesn't mind  think ive got a couple of 2cV's on my photobucket, ill search them out before nightfall |
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once again rocking with 1117cc and 4 gears! |
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once again rocking with 1117cc and 4 gears! |
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Ha! took a while but I found this again in my image collection..   |
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Peugeot 307sw - Suzuki SV650S - MX5.
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When I was at college my mate had one, he didn't really look after it well but he did like it and drove it into college every day. He complained that it used to make a funny noise going round corners and over speed humps though so he asked his dad to take a drive in it to see what the problem was......
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Yep, chassis had rotted through and snapped, apparently there was only a piece of rust of paper thickness holding the front and the back of the car together.
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;D, from the front end everything but the roof is identical to yours ours has a plain red roof, same cracked grill, rusty bumper, same lights
