Hello everyone and here we have my 1st of 2 2cv's in the fleet. This particular one was manufactured on 23.3.82 and it was on it's 28 birthday (23.3.10) to the day that I purchased it! History is pretty scarce I've got a few bills with previous owner's names addresses etc. but I don't know whether it's forum rules to post the on so I won't for now. I don't know whether anybody on here recognises the car? Any info would be great.
As good as the pictures may (or may not) make the car look it did ( and does) need a lot of bodywork. As of 2013 it need a full windscreen panel, boot floor and rear light panel at the very least. I had finally managed to stencil in a date with my mechanic to replace these parts in may 2013 and naturally on 28.3.13 this happened...
So my dad was driving the car and was sat completely stationary and was hit head on by a Vauxhall Combo van which as you can tell by the skid marks was travelling at quite a lick. The Vauxhall got off with a cracked bumper, broken radiator and a stern lecture from my Dad ( a fire fighter at the time) how driving in a manner such as that causes people like him (my dad) to scrape people like him (Combo man) off the road. The van driver went on to apologize and admit liability plus there was a witness who confirmed matters. So the van got off lightly, the 2cv did not...
So that was it at the time of the crash. Despite the third party admitting liability due to a discrepancy in the policy our insurance decided they wanted nothing to do with it after they had assessed the vehicle which had effectively left my high and dry because now not only had my pride and joy been wrecked but because it had been assessed, it had also been recorded, cat-c, it did not matter that the claim had not gone through. I was both angry and upset and there was a lot of blame thrown about between me and my dad.
For those asking the policy stated that it was registered and owned by the policy holder (my dad) but the car is in fact both owned by and registered by me (due to cost I wasn't on the policy at all). I however took the policy and knew this and filled the details out correctly using a price comparison site clicked the cheapest deal didn't re-check as I assumed they'd be the same but asked my dad to check it (he didn't either) and sure enough the details had changed. I'm pretty sure the accident happened within the 'cooling off' period actually and the policy cost £99 which was fully refunded. :s.
So what was the outcome? Well the saving grace was that the third-party had admitted liability so it was a case of contacting their insurance and forwarding the damage report and then receiving the pay out. The important lesson being make sure the policy is absolutely water tight and cheap insurers and always best. But that's dead and buried now and I can now look to restoring this car. Here's the report..
And what it looks like now...
I'm currently on a welding course and after that I'm looking to buy a MIG and get stuck in although the house may be going on the market soon but watch this space
Bleu Lagune is one of my favourite 2CV colours.
) I thought it best to start working on it. But first we had to get it back to the house and I was not going to push it... 
