Joolz,
here's a paradox for you.
If removing material from a wheel rim makes it more flexible, why did Citroen 'slot' Ami Super wheels, which they put under a car which was both heavier and faster than their 2-cylinder models?
By contrast, an Ami Super chassis is close to 50% heavier than a 'standard' A series type and not all of that increase can be attributed to the extra crossmembers and the splayed front longerons.

Anyhow, I've seen a couple of wheel rims fail in 2CV racing, with their centres having been torn out.
The cracks originated at the wheel stud holes, which fits with side loading being the critical factor
Bending moment resulting from side loading is highest at the wheel's attachment to the hub, so that outer ring of holes would not be in the 'danger zone', in my opinion...

ken

Because it looks cool.

But was perhaps more expensive to make, were the super wheels thicker gauge?

Except the vast majority of Ami Supers didn't have slotted wheels.

Only 1974-on Supers had them, yet 33,500 of the total 42,000 Supers were 1973 cars, with normal wheels, exactly the same as all the two-pots. The stripes went onto the Super at the same time - were they an engineering upgrade?

Did Citroen put the vented wheels on the Mehari Azur for a reason, or just for styling?

Holy carp. €5,000 Sahara! On Corsica, so almost certainly not rotten (unless, of course, it's been used in the sea...)

Excuse me, I've just got to hitch the trailer up. I've got a ferry to catch.

If that advert's legit, that has to be the bargain of the century

I am going to Corsica soon

But don't think Corsica doesn't get damp and it is never far from the sea, so it might have a little rust.

Original Sahara permit de conduit papers alone are worht 5000 euro...... with matching plates....

says deactivated now - presumably his phone exploded 5mins after the advert appeared!

Edinburgh





http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Citroen-2cv-S ... 3f303a14b9