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Aren't we glad Citroen doesn't build buggies...

Post by Pine »

...anymore??? This was based on a 2CV chassis :shock:

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Its not that shabby. would be cool, with that air suspension thing.
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no air (it's hydraulic BTW) in a 2cv
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what suspension???
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I prefer this one, the 2CV Mehari:

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Tony Z wrote:what suspension???
Watch one go around a corner and you'll see.

The 2CV is incredibly light already so with a fibreglass body should be fun.
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I have, it looks like they will roll over even at low speed
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Here's another use for one:
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Barry wrote:Here's another use for one:
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WTF is that!?
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Are you serious? WTF is that?
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I believe that is a crazy Frenchman with a f%#kload of time on his hands.........
Wonder if this one will still travel at 30 through a field with 4 adults, a pocket of potatoes and a pig (or whatever the original requirement of the version of this particular postwar European peasant car was!!!)
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Barry, do you have any other foto's of that "THING"
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it looks like something Dracula would drive
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another buggy

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