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 1975 New Car! 
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Well I've got it.

1. The journey would have been better with brakes. I found a few pumps made it do something.

2. It stalled whenever you came to a halt, and then wouldn't start for five minutes

3. It popped out of gear at one point, no idea why.

4. There was a police car parked in a side road which made everyone in the queue of traffic slam their brakes on, see points 1 and 2 above.

5. Its having a little oil wee on the road outside.

To summarise I flibbin love it. :mrgreen: :lol:

Pics to follow.

The only thing that has really upset me is that I can't get those vile back wings off, may need to drill out the fixings on the front edge.

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May 28th, 2009, 11:20 pm
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Note please the real rear wings, imagine those on it please!

I was going to upload them but I need to go to bed and I broke photobucket.

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May 28th, 2009, 11:27 pm
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;) Thanks Neil :oops:

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May 28th, 2009, 11:33 pm
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May 28th, 2009, 11:34 pm
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louise2cv wrote:
To summarise I flibbin love it. :mrgreen: :lol:


Not surprised! It's luvverly. Hadn't realised it was a cack-hander. Even better!

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May 29th, 2009, 12:03 am
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Yes, its lovely. LHD: somehow it feels like it was meant to be like that, almost like they designed it that way round in the first place ;)

Its fabulous, it looks great, it sounds great. It went surprisingly fast too (as much as you can tell with no speedo!) to say it had the best part of the front half of another 2cv in the back (engine gearbox axle and swing arms).

Got lots to do on it before I can go out in it though, time to call Roy methinks.

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May 29th, 2009, 8:49 am
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louise2cv wrote:
almost like they designed it that way round in the first place.

Thats right it was, surprising people those Frenchies

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May 29th, 2009, 9:29 am
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Louise,
iirc, one of the handy little details about LHD 2cvs is that the speedo cable can be changed without the need to remove the instrument panel. Take the battery tray out instead...

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