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Jonathan
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 Re: Which chassis If I had the money I'd buy a Citroen original type chassis rather than an after-market replacement. My current 2CV has a galv. chassis, my first two 2CV's both had original Citroen chassis under them and drove far superior to my current car, in both handling and ride quality.
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1988 built (1989 F-registered) Citroën 2CV-Six
2013 (63-Plate) VW Golf SE 1.4TSI BMT DSG7
1932 Morris Minor Open Two-Seater (The £100 car).
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panelbeaterpeter
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Re: Which chassis This forum is great, very informative, thanks so much for your replies. I'm going to order one of Kens, seems like a false economy to go for the City one, after reading those 10 pages 
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1989 2CV6 (what's a D*lly?), 1989 MG 1275 powered mini, Renault Trafic.
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samfieldhouse
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Joined: February 11th, 2009, 12:32 am
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Re: Which chassis Russell wrote: samfieldhouse wrote: james2cv wrote: 2cv City ones crack at the front kick up That's a slight sweeping statement James. I know of 3 old 2cv city chassis that have done that. And both you car and mine are on 2cv city chassis! I have had the shock absorber bolt problem, whereby the bolt holding the shock in place snaps. That's happened twice! But I've replaced the bolts and it's been fine since. I feel like a stuck record player, I reel this off in every chassis related thread. Dollys done 30,000 miles on a 2cv city chassis, been rear ended on that chassis, pulled a 14ft boat, etc... No issues. My only gripe is that the front towing eye sticks down instead of sideways like an original chassis and cos mines low at the front it graunches on speed bumps. I didn't choose a 2cv city chassis, it was cheap and I knew no better at the time. For a cheapo non rusting rebuild I'd do the same again. How short is the money?! If I was 'investing' in my car, going off roading, or just had the money to spend I'd choose SLC. Because Kens really nice  Wait until you drive the van on the road. It'll be a revelation. Surely you can tell the difference when driving the Mehari? I swore I couldn't tell once, but the difference between my Frome car and the proper citroen one is vast. Unfortunately given that when I'm driving the Mehari I'm generally being deafened, my hair torn from my scalp, insects forced into my eye sockets, my hands frozen to the horizontal steering wheel while the body panels flap in the wind - surprisingly I'm not really able to discern whether the chassis makes a difference to the handling.
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Jonathan
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Re: Which chassis Peter, you seem to know what you're doing, so take your time and do a good job of the restoration and you'll have a perfect 2CV for cruising. You've got till the back end of July, when the World Meeting takes place in France PS:-I was up in Stirling two weeks ago, booked in a B&B down the road from The William Wallace Pub(Fantastic food  ).
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1988 built (1989 F-registered) Citroën 2CV-Six
2013 (63-Plate) VW Golf SE 1.4TSI BMT DSG7
1932 Morris Minor Open Two-Seater (The £100 car).
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panelbeaterpeter
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Re: Which chassis samfieldhouse wrote:
Unfortunately given that when I'm driving the Mehari I'm generally being deafened, my hair torn from my scalp, insects forced into my eye sockets, my hands frozen to the horizontal steering wheel while the body panels flap in the wind - surprisingly I'm not really able to discern whether the chassis makes a difference to the handling.
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1989 2CV6 (what's a D*lly?), 1989 MG 1275 powered mini, Renault Trafic.
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panelbeaterpeter
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Re: Which chassis Jonathan wrote: Peter, you seem to know what you're doing, so take your time and do a good job of the restoration and you'll have a perfect 2CV for cruising. You've got till the back end of July, when the World Meeting takes place in France PS:-I was up in Stirling two weeks ago, booked in a B&B down the road from The William Wallace Pub(Fantastic food ). I will do, I'm good at becoming a bit obsessed so it'll be nice  And that pub is literally down the road from me! Small world.
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1989 2CV6 (what's a D*lly?), 1989 MG 1275 powered mini, Renault Trafic.
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