Rightyo, don't post in this bit of this forum much, usually feel a bit out of place alongside the porsches and BMWs in my cars i've fixed/bangers/kit cars/old landies etc.
Rest assured i'm a petrolhead, I got petrol running through my veins.. Just can't afford such nice cars and the yorkshireman in me would beat me to death with a P4 prescott heatsink
if i contemplated spending more than a few grand on a motor.. I love porsches, they're about the only modern cars sold in europe i do like. And I love them for the engineering excellence, rather than outright speed or looks. Any slow, basic underpowered car can be fun if driven right.
My distaste for modern vehicles comes in part (but not solely by far) from the fact they are harder to tinker with. I like resto/rebuild/custom building.
Anyway, there's the background.
So i'm looking around for ideas on my latest project, webhopping. The latest project is for useful vehicles which are fun, but cheap (yorkshire again).
I came across a kit car/conversion kit for a little van, and it's that which inspired this post.
It's: Bulletproof, economical, reliable, fun, it's a van and a convertible(targa top over cab), quirky, different, mad, versatile, capable.. It has one major, all-defeating drawback:
It's a Citroen 2CV with the back body cut off and a box bolted on.
Just can't help it.. I DESPISE HATE HATE HATE 2cvs, like, burning (them all). But i can't ignore the fact that they make a bloody lot of sense as a little mini van (which i could use) Indeed citroen thought so, they made it as the AZU van for years. The first time i saw the pics of them, I laughed a lot. The more i think about them however, the more i think i should get one.. would be a lot of use.. and a lot LOT cheaper to have than the (overkill, tbh) puke-goat partner i'm using for those purposes at the moment. And with more comedy.. and dare i say it, a measure of shabby/retro cool? certainly a modicum of insanity cool.. lol
but a 2cv?

i think i finally lost the last marble for good fellas
Rest assured i'm a petrolhead, I got petrol running through my veins.. Just can't afford such nice cars and the yorkshireman in me would beat me to death with a P4 prescott heatsink

My distaste for modern vehicles comes in part (but not solely by far) from the fact they are harder to tinker with. I like resto/rebuild/custom building.
Anyway, there's the background.
So i'm looking around for ideas on my latest project, webhopping. The latest project is for useful vehicles which are fun, but cheap (yorkshire again).
I came across a kit car/conversion kit for a little van, and it's that which inspired this post.
It's: Bulletproof, economical, reliable, fun, it's a van and a convertible(targa top over cab), quirky, different, mad, versatile, capable.. It has one major, all-defeating drawback:
It's a Citroen 2CV with the back body cut off and a box bolted on.
Just can't help it.. I DESPISE HATE HATE HATE 2cvs, like, burning (them all). But i can't ignore the fact that they make a bloody lot of sense as a little mini van (which i could use) Indeed citroen thought so, they made it as the AZU van for years. The first time i saw the pics of them, I laughed a lot. The more i think about them however, the more i think i should get one.. would be a lot of use.. and a lot LOT cheaper to have than the (overkill, tbh) puke-goat partner i'm using for those purposes at the moment. And with more comedy.. and dare i say it, a measure of shabby/retro cool? certainly a modicum of insanity cool.. lol
but a 2cv?


