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 My new 2CV, running restoration. In theory.. 
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Hey all, just joined the forum and thought I should introduce myself and my new 2CV.

I'm Pete, I manage a small bodyshop in Stirling, central Scotland, and have always loved old cars, old Citroens in particular. This is me and my first "respray", on my parent's Dyane. When I say respray, it was brushed with Dulux :mrgreen:

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Anyway, a couple of weeks back I saw this advertised, and figured it was a bargain..

Original ad - http://www.retrorides.proboards.com/ind ... ead=101907

Paid £300 for it, and then another £240 to get it to me >_<


The plan is to restore it for when my girlfriend passes her test, inititally I'm going to get it running and carry out the welding so I can MOT it, then make sure it's sound and mechanically good before going nuts on the cosmetic side. The exact plan for the body shall remain a secret for now.. :-X

This was my first sighting of the car on Friday Morning
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I hate buying cars without seeing them first, but this wasn't too bad! Had a poke about, areas needing attention are the bonnet hinge
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A panels
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Rear sills
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Front N/S chassis leg
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Someone has badly fitted an O/S ( ??? ) floor pan straight over the holed floor on the N/S front, the O/S has had a similar treatment at some point, both will be replaced and repaired properly.
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I tried to get it started, put a fivers worth of fuel in it and charged the battery, turned over promisingly but didn't fire. A bit of poking about and I figured the fuel pump wasn't working. Also the fuel line was leaking, so I clamped it off and a new pump and new lines have been ordered up. It fired with a bit of Easystart sprayed into the carb, which was promising.

Should get it running next week, will post updates when anything interesting happens :D

Have some random pics for now..

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I think she likes it?

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Laters.. 8-)

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April 24th, 2011, 7:14 pm
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Welcome on board - shame you are so far away we are looking for paint shop to look after the racer

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Where abouts are you? I'm just a couple of hours north of Carlisle..

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I think this thread has a lot of promise. Welcome here.

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April 24th, 2011, 7:40 pm
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A bit too far really, Swindon Wiltshire

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Can we have some more photos of the girlfriend please?


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Lenny wrote:
Can we have some more photos of the girlfriend please?


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Simon Crook wrote:
A bit too far really, Swindon Wiltshire


Ah shame, I moved from Bristol 6 months ago!

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April 24th, 2011, 9:17 pm
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Hey Pete,

Welcome to the forum - nice to see you here! I'm certainly looking forward to seeing the developments with this 2cv!

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howdy doody!

im probably your local person-Im in Roslin just South of Edin
was in Stirling last week and Dullatur/Banton(Kilsyth) at the weekend.

See you soon ill give you a hand with the oily bits.

was that the one up in Focabers wont start cause its got Campbells soup in it if it is.

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