I just gotta have one of them...!

Cyclefrance · 03-09-2006, 02:03 PM

Every so often something comes along that catches your attention to the extent that you feel that it's just one of those things you've just gotta have -but trouble can be that the timing isn't quite right - a lot of the time for financial reasons, but not always - there can be other obstacles preventing acquisition (I can think of one in respect of what I've just seen).

I doubt this will be a big thread, but just had to get this one off my chest

How absolutely and indisputably eccentricly English - I just gotta have one!

Definitely check out the video of the trip through France and the various owners pictures including the one for sale - yummy, yummy, yummy - and even based on an old Citroen 2CV - mon dieu, what more could there be to make it even more fetching...!!

Anyone wanna guess why it won't happen...?

barefoot serpent · 03-09-2006, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Cyclefrance

Anyone wanna guess why it won't happen...?

SWMBO is gonna put the kybosh on that little plan.

03-09-2006, 04:10 PM

The Mrs.? I have always wanted one of these - a car just like me - sleek, classy, and unreliable as hell! Maybe someday!

dar512 · 03-09-2006, 04:43 PM

Didn't the Kirby's have one of those (but yellow) in Topper?

Cyclefrance · 03-09-2006, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by barefoot serpent

SWMBO is gonna put the kybosh on that little plan.

You both gottit - pretty obvious I suppose...

SWMBO - reminds me of Minder and those wonderful Arthur Daley sayings like 'the world is your lobster' - classic and timeless!

Cyclefrance · 03-09-2006, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by marichiko

The Mrs.? I have always wanted one of these - a car just like me - sleek, classy, and unreliable as hell! Maybe someday!

Maybe something close and within budget here...

03-09-2006, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Cyclefrance

Maybe something close and within budget here...

Nah, its gotta be an old, classic Jag, or forget it. A salesman let me drive one once off the lot down in Santa Fe. SWEET! I will accept no substitutes! Of course, I realize that I'll need a cute Brit mechanic as an accessory, but that's OK. Always was a sucker for a Brit accent, too!

xoxoxoBruce · 03-09-2006, 06:33 PM

Watta you, nuts? CV-2 parts! That's crazy talk.

Cyclefrance · 03-10-2006, 12:39 AM

I've had two 'deux chevaux' in my time - during the old redundancy periods - bought the first to make one of these, (turning the rear wheels and suspension through 180 degrees gets you the rear alignment shown in the picture - simple but effective), but sadly didn't complete the project - suppose that's why the Pembletoon appeals....

The 2CVs were good, cheap and reliable transport - bought each one for £300 (actually sold the second one on for £350!)

Leaving aside the rather scant construction technique, mechanically they were both formidable. Air-cooled engines that worked and worked without fuss. Very flexible as well - I mean in terms of the jobs they could perform, although that might just as well apply to the body cage!

Driving one induces an uncanny senasation of Frenchness - you could easily find yourself singing in the style of Maurice Chevalier ('Zank 'eaven, for leetle girls...' and such), almost took up smoking Gauloise as well (God forbid!), but just managed to keep that traditional side-effect francais at bay! - and also notably this one:

Cyclefrance · 03-10-2006, 02:21 AM

I think the old dementure is taking an early hold - SWMBO was Rumpole - Minder was 'er indoors.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-10-2006, 07:24 PM

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Driving one induces an uncanny senasation of Frenchness - you could easily find yourself singing in the style of Maurice Chevalier ('Zank 'eaven, for leetle girls...' and such), almost took up smoking Gauloise as well (God forbid!), but just managed to keep that traditional side-effect francais at bay!

I rest my case.

wolf · 03-15-2006, 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Cyclefrance

I think the old dementure is taking an early hold - SWMBO was Rumpole - Minder was 'er indoors.

Rumpole (actually writer John Mortimer) cribbed SWMBO from H. Rider Haggard's She.

Cyclefrance · 03-16-2006, 12:44 AM

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Originally Posted by wolf

Rumpole (actually writer John Mortimer) cribbed SWMBO from H. Rider Haggard's She.

... maybe 'she doesn't look bad for her age' came from the same place...?

thrillhouse · 03-16-2006, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Watta you, nuts? CV-2 parts! That's crazy talk.

that's why you buy two. when dreamin, dream big.

mine? 1967 citroen. sweet.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-16-2006, 03:43 PM

That's far from a CV-2.
It has things like.....seats, and I suppose a pneumo-hydraulic suspension.

03-09-2006, 02:03 PM	#1
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	I just gotta have one of them...! Every so often something comes along that catches your attention to the extent that you feel that it's just one of those things you've just gotta have -but trouble can be that the timing isn't quite right - a lot of the time for financial reasons, but not always - there can be other obstacles preventing acquisition (I can think of one in respect of what I've just seen). I doubt this will be a big thread, but just had to get this one off my chest How absolutely and indisputably eccentricly English - I just gotta have one! Definitely check out the video of the trip through France and the various owners pictures including the one for sale - yummy, yummy, yummy - and even based on an old Citroen 2CV - mon dieu, what more could there be to make it even more fetching...!! Anyone wanna guess why it won't happen...? __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears Last edited by Cyclefrance; 03-09-2006 at 02:11 PM.

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xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Watta you, nuts? CV-2 parts! That's crazy talk. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-10-2006, 12:39 AM	#9
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	I've had two 'deux chevaux' in my time - during the old redundancy periods - bought the first to make one of these, (turning the rear wheels and suspension through 180 degrees gets you the rear alignment shown in the picture - simple but effective), but sadly didn't complete the project - suppose that's why the Pembletoon appeals.... The 2CVs were good, cheap and reliable transport - bought each one for £300 (actually sold the second one on for £350!) Leaving aside the rather scant construction technique, mechanically they were both formidable. Air-cooled engines that worked and worked without fuss. Very flexible as well - I mean in terms of the jobs they could perform, although that might just as well apply to the body cage! Driving one induces an uncanny senasation of Frenchness - you could easily find yourself singing in the style of Maurice Chevalier ('Zank 'eaven, for leetle girls...' and such), almost took up smoking Gauloise as well (God forbid!), but just managed to keep that traditional side-effect francais at bay! - and also notably this one: __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears Last edited by Cyclefrance; 03-10-2006 at 02:24 AM.

03-10-2006, 02:21 AM	#10
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	I think the old dementure is taking an early hold - SWMBO was Rumpole - Minder was 'er indoors. __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

03-16-2006, 03:43 PM	#15
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	That's far from a CV-2. It has things like.....seats, and I suppose a pneumo-hydraulic suspension. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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