popular french car 2cv

hello the hamb
This is my project Citroen 2CV.
I prefer to put the picture
I speak very little English
excuse my for the inconvenience .

are my christening is working tool , my 2cv .
it's a lousy car. it is a low budget.
but I put the metal fabrication tools.
all rooms will house remanufacture .
home made 2cv

she sleeps




back home







manufacture new chassis







some parts of the original chassis 2cv



















rails finished

 

oups tread is ( new project ) sorry .

 

Ill be watching this one

 

X 2

 

lead balloon

 

snail lead

 

It will be interesting to see how you hotrod your car.

Some members of my extended family bought new one in France in about 1959 and drove it all over Europe including across the Alps.

They liked it enough to have it shipped back to the US.

It was not fast but it was reliable and the rubber band suspension made it ride very well.

There were some very big drainage dips in the street at the end of our street that had scrape marks from where cars had bottomed out from trying to go faster than about 15 or 20 mph over them.

We were taken for a ride over those bumps at about 35 mph and the Citroen Cv2 just floated over them.

It took about 2 blocks to get it up to 35 however.

This car is not a typical traditionsl hot rod starting point but please give this Frenchman a brake he is using what he has to make something faster and better. A Hot Rod.

Dick

 

the working tool (2CV) in the future
body channeling.
Metal Art Floor
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asembly frame


















the engine support







seat belt







rear frame






angle frame











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Oh yes, this one should be interesting.

I remember years ago reading a story about some guys trecking across some third world country and taking it almost all the way apart and floating it across a river on a raft.

 

I don't know what engine you are going to use in it but if it were my car I would put a Honda Goldwing engine with opposed cylinders and shaft drive.

I would also leave the body stock looking to make it a sleeper.

I understand that you are going to customize the body and it will be interesting to see what you come up with.

Good luck,

Dick
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Cool thread My dad is into these ,Keep up the good work

 

What engine and drive-train are you using? It looks like you are preparing for a rather more powerful engine than stock? Bon chance!

 

this should be interesting. isnt this the car from American Graffiti that Curt drives?

good luck!

 

some inspiration for you .....http://www.chromjuwelen.com/de/component/content/article/70967.html

 

Yup, Curt drives a Citroen 2CV in AG.

Sounds like a cool build! I'm also wondering what engine this little beast is going to get? Flattie Ford? Citroen Pallas? Hayabusa? Looks like it could go any way!

 

I drove one in 1986', shifter came out of the dash....push-me-pull-me thing. Looking foward to your build.

 

Nice fab work you're doing there, looks like you have all the right tools to do anything you want to do.

 

France's answer to the Volkswagen - always heard them being called "das Ente" ("Duck") when I was in Germany. Why call it a "duck"? Hell if I know.

 

Yes.

 

oui c'est ça !!

 

Grew up in one of these, love it

You can fit a Citroën Gsa X1 flat 4 air cooled 100hp engine which is plenty in a 600kg car , or I knew of a turbo one

Citroën built a twin engine 4*4 one I think they rallied it

 

lift body






frame stock is rust ?
oh yes rust rust rust








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Wonderful!! Different doesn't really state it properly. Back in the mid-50s, US Army in Perigieux, I bought a Porsche 356. Rolled it up. While it was being repaired I bought a used 2CV. Gear shift looked like a golf club sticking out of the dash. Seat were like a lawn chair. Going up a hill with more than two people, some had to get out to make it up the hill. A GREAT CAR!! Impossible to drive without laughing. And, oddly enough, dependable as hell. Please, keep us up to date with words and photos.

 

I love seeing ugly cars rodded. Cant wait to see how this turns out.
I thought this was cool.

 

complet asembly news frame home made .






gear box stock 2cv






the very very small bloc
602 cm3 = 37 ci
flat twin , 4 speed

 

Frame looks stout enough for a Chrysler Hemi!

 

trying to figure out the suspension. I've noticed those things have crazy amounts of travel.

 

streamliner ?

 

That is too cool! Love the lines.

 

Sacre merde...