Hey all, just joined the forum and thought I should introduce myself and my new 2CV.

I'm Pete, I manage a small bodyshop in Stirling, central Scotland, and have always loved old cars, old Citroens in particular. This is me and my first "respray", on my parent's Dyane. When I say respray, it was brushed with Dulux



Anyway, a couple of weeks back I saw this advertised, and figured it was a bargain..

Original ad - http://www.retrorides.proboards.com/ind ... ead=101907

Paid £300 for it, and then another £240 to get it to me >_<


The plan is to restore it for when my girlfriend passes her test, inititally I'm going to get it running and carry out the welding so I can MOT it, then make sure it's sound and mechanically good before going nuts on the cosmetic side. The exact plan for the body shall remain a secret for now.. :-X

This was my first sighting of the car on Friday Morning




I hate buying cars without seeing them first, but this wasn't too bad! Had a poke about, areas needing attention are the bonnet hinge


A panels


Rear sills


Front N/S chassis leg


Someone has badly fitted an O/S ( ??? ) floor pan straight over the holed floor on the N/S front, the O/S has had a similar treatment at some point, both will be replaced and repaired properly.


I tried to get it started, put a fivers worth of fuel in it and charged the battery, turned over promisingly but didn't fire. A bit of poking about and I figured the fuel pump wasn't working. Also the fuel line was leaking, so I clamped it off and a new pump and new lines have been ordered up. It fired with a bit of Easystart sprayed into the carb, which was promising.

Should get it running next week, will post updates when anything interesting happens

Have some random pics for now..



I think she likes it?







Laters..

Welcome on board - shame you are so far away we are looking for paint shop to look after the racer

Where abouts are you? I'm just a couple of hours north of Carlisle..

I think this thread has a lot of promise. Welcome here.

A bit too far really, Swindon Wiltshire

Can we have some more photos of the girlfriend please?

+1

Ah shame, I moved from Bristol 6 months ago!

Hey Pete,

Welcome to the forum - nice to see you here! I'm certainly looking forward to seeing the developments with this 2cv!

Neil.

howdy doody!

im probably your local person-Im in Roslin just South of Edin
was in Stirling last week and Dullatur/Banton(Kilsyth) at the weekend.

See you soon ill give you a hand with the oily bits.

was that the one up in Focabers wont start cause its got Campbells soup in it if it is.

Sean