Hello everyone!
After several people asking me to put a build thread together, I've decided to give it a go. I'll try to keep this updated as much as possible!
So what is it?
I'm still at the initial stages of building up my 1988 Citroen 2CV into a long distance rally car. My target event is the Spring Maroc Challenge next Easter down in Morocco, whether the car will be ready by then is anyone's guess!
Here she is, when I bought her towards the end of 2018 for the grand total of £800
Photographs well, but closer inspection revealed some serious rust issues (more on that later). She's actually a fairly low mileage car, but unfortunately the previous owner decided to leave her outside, uncovered for 4 years. Let's say these cars aren't known for their rust resistance.
What's the plan?
As I already mentioned, this car is destined to long distance rallies and also a bit of daily driving (that's probably wishful thinking more than anything else). I'm also approaching this as an educational endeavour for myself; I've had classics and weird vehicles over the years but I've never got into anything this involved. Polishing my welding, painting and other skills will hopefully come as a result of this project. It will also be my first serious adventure into motorsport.
I've also done a lot of thinking about how to power this thing, and I've decided to go all out (I'm selling it to myself as a 30th birthday present to myself) and will be installing a BMW R1100RT engine which should give it a good amount of shove. Roll cage, seats and other upgrades will go along with it too.
Hopefully I can figure out how to get photos onto this thing. Please bare with me!
Cheers!
After several people asking me to put a build thread together, I've decided to give it a go. I'll try to keep this updated as much as possible!
So what is it?
I'm still at the initial stages of building up my 1988 Citroen 2CV into a long distance rally car. My target event is the Spring Maroc Challenge next Easter down in Morocco, whether the car will be ready by then is anyone's guess!
Here she is, when I bought her towards the end of 2018 for the grand total of £800
Photographs well, but closer inspection revealed some serious rust issues (more on that later). She's actually a fairly low mileage car, but unfortunately the previous owner decided to leave her outside, uncovered for 4 years. Let's say these cars aren't known for their rust resistance.
What's the plan?
As I already mentioned, this car is destined to long distance rallies and also a bit of daily driving (that's probably wishful thinking more than anything else). I'm also approaching this as an educational endeavour for myself; I've had classics and weird vehicles over the years but I've never got into anything this involved. Polishing my welding, painting and other skills will hopefully come as a result of this project. It will also be my first serious adventure into motorsport.
I've also done a lot of thinking about how to power this thing, and I've decided to go all out (I'm selling it to myself as a 30th birthday present to myself) and will be installing a BMW R1100RT engine which should give it a good amount of shove. Roll cage, seats and other upgrades will go along with it too.
Hopefully I can figure out how to get photos onto this thing. Please bare with me!
Cheers!
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I've tried editing the post and putting the link back in. Hopefully that did it!
