Hi,
I'm new here, so I thought I'd introduce myself
My name is Kuba and I'm hopelessly addicted to 2CVs
For some time now I'd dreamed of owning a properly simple, purely mechanical and old car. I just never thought it would come so soon. I was fascinated by the 2CV when I was a little kid, and it all came back to me when I saw a few beautiful 2CVs in daily driver use, while I was cycling along German coast to Amsterdam. So, remembering Clarkson ("how hard can it be?") I decided to look around after I get back
And by february I had a rusty and mouldy car in my garage.The mechanical part of restoration took me around 4 months, everything except cylinder head renovation being done in my garage. Then another 9 months for bodywork and a paintjob. After that, I could again work by myself with the interior etc. The car has been road-legal just for the last 2 weeks (I did not register it before I finished the restoration, there is absolutely no way it would have passed inspection with a rusted through and broken chassis, I have no idea how it passed the strict German TUV around 2 years before sale).
Did 500 km so far, still doing minor final tuning and adjustments every now and then.
Now I'm planning on going to Finnland 2CV meeting this July, together with my friend and his yellow 2CV
For pictures visit https://picasaweb.google.com/Saurus8/Ci ... directlink
There are too many to post them here so here's just two - before & after
Do not be deceived by the looks of it - the flag of France colors are not paint, but plastic foil. Underneath was original jaune rialto paint, preserved nicely but the body was rusted through in many places.
