Around this time last year, I saw in 2cv GBs adverts a 2cv that needed restoration, and it was near Mark so I asked if he could go and have a look (thanks Mark- 4x4 superfin) and he said it looked ok, its was a rusty shell and boxes of parts and a rolling chassis so thats what I got. My dad came back with a rolling chassis the body shell and all the boxes. I had actually got two shells when i bought the car and the other shell was at quirky classics( in barnstable) which had just shut down so I email Chris(C-diddy) who doesn't live far from QC and he was going there to get parts so I asked if he could get the body shell for me so thanks Chris.I then got Richard Dalton to do the welding (and he made a good job of it) on the shell I'd just got because it was better than the first one I got, another thanks to richard. Then alot of hard work followed, then when the car was complete I put it up for sale and got a bit of interest but no takers, I decided that it would be my first car.
heres where i started:
And heres where i finished:


and today i tried on this bumper What do you think?:

More photos of the restoration to come.

Nice write up, Louis. Yes, i love the rear bumper. Looks like it's off an early Dyane? The shape of the hoops is slightly different to the normal AZAM jobs - Dyane ones don't obstruct the later rear lights & still give you that 60's look. Nice car, glad it's a keeper.

I *think* my dad got the bumper off a 69 dyane that he scrapped years ago.

The second shell

greased knife edges


did the timing and tappets

painted the arms in hamerite


In the mean time the body had been welded up



New clutch


When it started to come together


and the finnished product.

theres alot of gaps but if i told you everything i did you would be really bored

Try it. I bet neil wouldnt be.

thats what this thread is for to tell people in full detail about your car lol its not boring its intresting

• Replace floors sills and repair/re-weld bump stop area on rear wings
• Clean galvanised chassis, remove knife edges and service suspension
• Service rear drum brakes, replace wheel cylinder
• Paint arms
• Remove track rod ends, grease and refit with new rubber gaiters
• Clean and paint axles
• Re-fit body shell
• Assemble all body parts with new nuts and bolts
• Fit new vent flap
• Fit new roof
• Re-line with new material
• Service engine and gearbox
• New plugs, points, HT leads
• Fit new clutch, and release bearing
• Assemble and bleed brakes, fit new wheel cylinder
• Clean and repaint bumpers
• Fit new heater ducts
• Fit 4 new wheels
• 2 new tyres
• New door locks

Just for neil and C-diddy

most he ever wrote
very nice car tho...

Here, Louis, any good?



http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... K:MEWAX:IT

yeh they are exactly what I was looking for , but there might be othere plans for the car now so I might be wasting my penies. Thanks neil .