mercuryg Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 Malcolm, I have little idea but would guess it started out as something like a Model K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Robinson Posted July 14, 2012 Report Share Posted July 14, 2012 Wrong initial merc......BTW, you were on full tilt last Thursday evening weren't you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercuryg Posted July 16, 2012 Report Share Posted July 16, 2012 Wrong initial merc......BTW, you were on full tilt last Thursday evening weren't you? Thursday is always a bit of a blow out for me, Malcolm! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Patterson Posted July 18, 2012 Report Share Posted July 18, 2012 How about this one micky.Its my mates car and can be seen odd times (insurance allowing!) popping around the Town.1934 Ford Y! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Robinson Posted July 18, 2012 Report Share Posted July 18, 2012 Just about exact Vic.He originally built it with a 1600 Ford x-flow under the bonnet but dragging around a Jag IRA was a bit much so he cut it in half lengthways and sideways and added metal so he could fit a V8! Mad as a box of spanners! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickypotts Posted September 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 How about one of these Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canny lass Posted September 7, 2012 Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 Citroen ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Patterson Posted September 8, 2012 Report Share Posted September 8, 2012 I think your right Canny lass, 2CV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Robinson Posted September 8, 2012 Report Share Posted September 8, 2012 Is it a Citroen Diane?I once did a clutch on one of these and I had to take the front wings off and then the engine out. Isn't the suspension oil filled tubes.....makes going aorund corners something of an art! French version of a Beetle. Had to be able to transport livestock over a ploughed field while the farmer driver drank a bottle of vino! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Robinson Posted September 8, 2012 Report Share Posted September 8, 2012 Personal transport......Russian style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Robinson Posted September 8, 2012 Report Share Posted September 8, 2012 Citroen 2CV upgrade............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Robinson Posted September 8, 2012 Report Share Posted September 8, 2012 Now this looks cool.............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Millne Posted September 8, 2012 Report Share Posted September 8, 2012 what about this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-aZTi8bY3Q&feature=related Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Robinson Posted September 8, 2012 Report Share Posted September 8, 2012 Looks like a lot of airframe for not much payload GGGG? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercuryg Posted September 10, 2012 Report Share Posted September 10, 2012 The petrol heads amongst you might like this site: http://www.thecarlabs.com/(Yes, I do contribute! I get around these days.....) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickypotts Posted September 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2012 Good Job, it is a Citroen 2CV, it was parked outside a B&B we stayed at in Tivoli New York State, it was inspected but It never moved in the week I was there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Scantlebury Posted September 12, 2012 Report Share Posted September 12, 2012 Is it a Citroen Diane?I once did a clutch on one of these and I had to take the front wings off and then the engine out. Isn't the suspension oil filled tubes.....makes going aorund corners something of an art! French version of a Beetle. Had to be able to transport livestock over a ploughed field while the farmer driver drank a bottle of vino!I think they had the same suspension as a silvercross pram !!. My mate had a one when we were students at Kirkley Hall in the 70's. You could imagine thrashing one of those things around on the roads near there, how it didn't tip over I do not know. We learned to flick the steering wheel the opposite way to the bend just before we whent round it, this set the suspension going the same way as the bend. There were times we thought we might fall out of the bloody thing when we had the roof rolled back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Robinson Posted September 12, 2012 Report Share Posted September 12, 2012 Sounds like happy days Keith! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Scantlebury Posted September 12, 2012 Report Share Posted September 12, 2012 Sounds like happy days Keith!Best thing about it Malcolm , He was the head shepherd for Viscount Vinson on the Hetton Estate near Lowick years later. When I whent to see him he had 3 of them, 1 each for him and his wife and a spare one. He was obsessed with the things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Robinson Posted September 13, 2012 Report Share Posted September 13, 2012 My mate had one and swore by it, especially in the winter. I am sure he filled the suspension tubes underneath with old engine oil? Design brief was for a car that could cross a ploughed field with a basket of eggs on the seat and not break any. French peasants!The one I worked on belonged to a French student teacher who worked at St Bennies. She drove the thing from Normandy at about 30MPH because of a slipping clutch and had a biro stuck in the broken off mount to replace the indictor switch. The whole thing was held together with blue tack and elastic bands! (BTW Keef1 your favourite subject came up last night at the NCC meeting. Don't think any of them are in any doubt about the strength of feeling……………..) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIGH PIT WILMA Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 A lad called Ernie Middleton,[i worked with him at the Aad Pit at Bedltn,in the mid-'60's],had a Bond Bug,and if a can mind reet,he smashed it up....in his words......"daeing ninety"......!!!!!!!!Canny lad Ernie,a wonder if he is still knocking aroond.........if ya theor Ernie,wi a nom-de plume,correct me if aam wrang wi me musings!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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