Cheers just nicked one

Well Geoff Archer has an Belgian Ex-midwife's car in his yard and a 2CV book I have features a car that was used as a camera platform in Brideshead Revisited (I think)

we know mad john he is possibly the coolest man on earth

I'd like one of them

Great tow cars:

2cv's lightness and super-soft suspension made them ideal as movie-camera wollies... with the advantage that you didn't have to have a track to put them on (unlike the traditional camera D*lly). The French New Wave film makers used them extensively, especially with the cars' bodies chopped down for added lightness and versatility.

which is pretty much what I said here!!

Not at all griff, too many people mistake an individual's nation of origin for "race"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usBQagXi5fA

Rubbish collecters?

james2cv, that's a great film, on lots of levels. If you'd like to see the whole documentary, and other goodies too, go to this excellent website: http://www.documentary-film.net/search/video-listings.php?e=75

For those without time to watch the movie, here's a quick guide on how to turn an A-Series into a into a Belgrade-style tatters' wagon AKA a "Dyana":

INSTRUCTIONS FOR MAKING DYANAS
1. Find an abandoned 2cv or Dyana on a parking lot, a car depot or
in the ads.
2. Trick the owner by saying the car is garbage anyways and that
s/he will eventually end up having to pay the recycling service to
tow the old wreck away.
3. Check that the chassis is not cracked or broken.
4. Turn the engine on and check that the crankshaft doesn’t make
noise.
5. Start removing surplus material in the following order:
a) tear up the hood and save it for rainy days
b) cut off the wires from the electric installations
c) remove the front lights
d) cut and bend away the fenders and mudguards
e) break/cut/destroy the side and rear doors so that the chassis
remains bare
(save the roof for the outdoor toilet)
f) take out the seats and the floor
6. Repatch the Dyana as You wish:
install new floor, new seats, a plastic bottle or canister for fuel;
strenghten the wheel and the gearshift by welding them onto an
iron frame;
use an old vacuum cleaner tube for the exhaust pipe
construct a recycling bin in the back out of iron sheets and wood
or knit one up;
add a heavy-duty bag for iron and aluminum scrap;
attach as many lights and rearview mirrors as possible;
paint the Dyana in bright colors (at least 3 different ones);
sport a funny slogan, imperatively mispelled;
add in extras: a radiocassette or cd player, loudspeakers, a
cigarette lighter, an alarm – anything that works on 12V;
exchange the carburator with a FIAT 600 to reduce fuel
consumption;
install a truck battery to increase power and subsequent electricity
reserves;
in wintertime, cover the engine with a washing machine cover and
build in a roof.
7. Attach two wires to the starter and hotwire the engine on
8. Beware of the cops.


Back to the thread: horse drawn carriage? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9V25pkGE1rU&feature=related

ambulance: