You guys can thank Ollie for this weeks Theme Tuesday as he is the one who introduced me to the crazy world of Citroen 2CV’s which ultimately lead to today’s post.
Despite the unique (odd) suspension design of Citroens, the 2cv specifically, people drop them just the same.
Further proof that if you build it someone will slam it.
Video of the above in action:
Racing
Just as people will drop anything you build people will also race anything you build.
Other Citroens
After knocking around on some Citroen forums I came across these other Citroen’s which were are not 2cvs but still interesting.
V8
Some crazy person is even trying to put a v8 under the hood of a 2CV which I think is a whole lot wilder (and less sacraligious to Ferrari lovers) than the Ferrari 2cv.
Chicks dig em
Or at least get em stuck.
Thanks to Ollie for a lot of these photos and snail.s4.bizhat.com
I love citroen’s, living in the states you rarely see any at all (at least in Pennsylvania anyway), on the 2CV pickup, those wheels I believe are CCW’s…but I’m not 100% sure. Looking forward to more citroen posts, although I hope they involve some SM’s and DS’s
I think I have seen one Citroen in person. It was not a 2CV however.
i love ds’s and toa lesser extent sm’s but i love H’vans and duex chaoux’s (i think thats how its spelt) the moast because there not pipe dream cars if you live in europe there super cheep stupidly easy to fix and mod and unless you want to go drifting or in fact fast (apart from off road) then thay cant realy be beaten hay you never know now THE MAN is trying to stop you importing jdm cars in to canada maybe euro rides (but not euro style cos its wank unless you go retro) will be the next big thing lol
NICE ONE DAVE
I’ve seen 2 2CVs. One in Mississauga and one getting on the the 401 at Kennedy. Yes the dude was going on the highway in a 2CV. I’d feel unsafe driving around in a parking lot. I’d definitely take one though.
I hate to say it but I don’t find these attractive at all. It looks like they tried to copy the Bug and failed.
@will, the styling might not be pleasurable to some, but these cars were essentially more of a “people’s car” than the beetle. The 2CV was always much cheaper…even in Germany
nice one joe
I love the pics. Id like to recommend an all WAGON theme tuesday. Id like to ad my ride to the pics. it would fit right in. Love the pics and the site by the way.
Will, 2cv was designed before WWII, so if someone has copied someone, it was nazis. They stole what french didn’t manage to hide from 2cv development. Also, 2cv is older, but much more innovative. Suspension is unbelievable in comfort compared to its age, and cost savings and concentration on reliability and ease and cost efficiency of maintanance is something unparalalled. U don’t need to like them, but I hope you have a quick read about them.
And yeah, this is an ancient thread.
The racing 2 CVs will do about 80-90 mph… Unless it’s one with a BMW R 850 engine in it, then it’s probably more like 100-110 mph.