I had this raging beauty delivered a couple of weeks ago:



She's been stood for a few years as she wouldn't run. The local garage couldn't get her going and took exception to the exceptionally rusty rear end:



The passenger side floor must have raised some eyebrows too:



I got her running without too much drama and proceeded to pull her apart.



The galvanised chassis is what made me interested in taking her on but the bodyshell is truly awful:



Soon had passenger side floor and sill chopped out.



Door pillars repaired.





And new floor and sills fitted.



Had to repair a bit of the bottom of the bulkhead but the rest of it was fine so wasn't worth replacing it.





It took all of about 30 seconds to remove the sad remains of the boot floor.



Now waiting for parts. New rear quarter panels, inner wings, complete boot floor, back panel and a nearside front a-panel.

Should keep me busy.

good work so far



are you re spraying it at all

i nearly bought a bleu celeste 2cv,

its my favourite colour for the 2cv, and i sort of wish id bought the bleu celeste i nearly bought

but thats the way life goes

and i love the shineyness of blue celeste when its all buffed up

anyway good luck keep up the good work

Nice Take it back to said garage when you get it back on the road, just to show 'em how it's done.

Saw this on the 2CVGB forum a couple of days ago. Good on you for taking the bull by the horns & getting stuck in! Nice to see another one 'on the mend'.

Yes, I've never really sprayed much in the past so I'm going to give it a go. I'll start by spraying the shell and see how it looks.
I suppose I'll never learn if I don't try.



I speak to the chap who runs the garage just about every day. He's pretty impressed that I've even got it running although I reckon he's questioning my sanity when it comes to the amount of welding.

Mind you, I don't think he's the only one.

well good luck. What colour. Bleu celeste again?

Yeah, reckon so. The lighter the colour the less the imperfections show up!

Parts have just arrived.
It's going to be a busy weekend chaps.

Nice, good to see an other body saved! so many people throw ones like this one away!

keep up the good work!

greetzzzzzzzzzz

Good start. I look forward to watching it come along, keep posting!