I hope so too. I think we will tow it to my garage and swap it temporarly for the other 57...

You have another 57??

Yes since 20+ years

Oh my gosh. It's absolutely gorgeous.

Yes i think so too. It started after 1,5 years of standstill. Only problem the idle jet was blocked as usual. Also the gears and brakes were a bit stiff. It has some 130.000 kms on the clock.

That's not even run in yet my 2CV has done 274,000 miles (440,000kms) and is just getting into its stride.

I do rather adore the early 2CVs. There's an elegance to the simplicity that the later cars lost.

Yes the back is nicer with the small rearlamps. This one should have the long roof. The boot cover is an accessoire from the 50's. There were over 9 companies would made similar ones. Only downfall it's heavy 8,5 kgs.

I agree Jonathan, I love the early ones too. The only trouble is I mainly use my cars for long journeys and that little engine would be such a dilemma. I would hate to change it and spoil the originality, but a bit dangerous on long journeys these days I think.

This one is drop dead gorgeous! But I am a bit in love with the yellow one. AZL should give it to me I think, I would take very good care of it hahaha.

I would imagine they have a similar performance to a SV 1930s Morris Minor but with the advantage of an extra gear in the box. I will point out now that most Minors from the late summer of 1932> were equipped with 4-speed gearboxes; my April 1932 model is 3-speed. I'm often down to speeds of about 25mph in 2nd on hilly sections. I wouldn't even entertain the thought of hitting a motorway. It's going to be a very long day of driving to get from Worcester to Suffolk in June. I think an early 2CV would be no less dangerous on normal A and B roads than one from the 1980s.

Well it travelled to France several times. It was at the worldmeeting in Orleans and that in Switzerland. It was at the ICCCR in Clermont-Ferrand. It was in Bretagne and Normandy. Bretagne wasn't nice to drive. At that time there was no motorway yet and with the old thing between a lot of trucks from Cherbourg on a two lane route nationale i wasn't very happy.