Haha, yeah, didn't know it'd go so negatively! Is berties bed actually a kit car? I thought they building them from a factory?

Sam,
or one of these...

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I had a lot of fun leaving MGBs in the dust with mine, even if there had to be a couple of bags of sand in the boot to get some grip on the back end.

ken

We (Barbour) get a little mention in kit car mag this month!!

All helps

Rich

Well I'm going to side with Harry, I like kit cars, obviously I like 2cvs, so it kind of follows that I'll like 2cv kit cars. Having said that, there are plenty of unattractive ones about and a few that are absolutely hideous.


NO. DON'T DO IT.

I SAID STOP!

SERIOUSLY, THAT'S ENOUGH!

So are there any good ones? I quite like the burton, the falcon looks ok, but only because it looks vaguely like a lotus and if you want something that looks like a lotus, get a bl**dy lotus. And I guess the blackjacks are alright looking.


But honestly, none of them float my boat, the best citroen special I can think of is the 'Tryane' which is a one off rather than a kit so doesn't count.

Hi Joolz,
whilst you're fired up, where would these fit in the grand scheme of things?
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ken

BLEUUGH No thanks

Actually Pembletons are alright too, this ones particularly good

Bang on there, I agree.

pembleton just looks like a posh version of the 223 for me! the only A-series Kit car i like is the Blackjack Avion passed one of them on the way home one day after picking up my bro from work! he really liked it! it wasn't untill i told him it used to be a 2cv and he soon lost interest!

Right, that's you off my Xmas card list straight away!


And you


You're on a sticky wicket as well sunshine


A bit of a contradiction Sam!! That's like saying "Why not buy an original AC/Shelby Cobra or a GT40"


Well yeh, everything apart from the chassis & running gear is non standard. As far as I know, they weren't available as self-build but as it wasn't on the Citroen sales list (like FAF, Dalat, Pony etc) it's definately ModCon as far as 2CVGB are concerned.



That's why I was always a bit worried about you seeing Belinda for the first time Ken The trouble with non-standard (kit) cars is that as soon as you leave the "standard" (engine/running gear) and progress to "alternative" (everything else) there's no right or wrong way. On the one hand, the most frustrating aspect of owning a Bedouin is that there's virtually nobody to ask for advice. On the other hand, there's nobody to say "ooh, you've done that wrong".

Whilst we're on the subject of kit cars, does anybody here feel that building one is denying standard cars of valuable parts? I only ask because I also have a Morgan-esque kit car based on a Morris Marina. Before you laugh, it's similar (if not identical) to Triumph/MGB running gear and we are frowned upon by the classic car community because they regard it as "denying real cars the few parts that are available" which is rubbish because mechanical parts are inevitably easier to find than bodywork/trim!!

Anyway, I don't want you to think I'm ranting, 'cos I'm not. Since the day I got the Shedouin, I was made welcome in the A series community and despite what some of you may indicate (yes you uncle Geoff!!) the Bedouin attracts interest

BTW - Russ, Neil & Max - I'm sure I saw a mention about starting a new section on the site about variants, maybe kits could be a part of it?