1962 Citroen 2CV for sale $99,500

1962 Citroen 2CV $99,500
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Price: $99,500
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Location: Fletcher, NC
Details: How many dual engine street legal cars were manufactured in the last half of the twentieth century? You may be hard pressed to find another. The Citroen Sahara was a utility model built to navigate the oil rich North African terrain. It featured identical front and rear engines and could be driven using either engine or both. Unique chassis modifications resulted in durability and off road utility. The cars were hand built by the Panhard division in separate facilities from the main production plants. 694 trickled out beginning in 1958 and few survive today.

Uber micro car and VW collector, Dr. Mac Jones, had found this Sahara. A noted broker who specializes in museum acquisitions located a French built car in the Netherlands. It had been owned by a former Citroen employee and had its original engines, transmissions, body and chassis parts. The exhaust system had been replaced. Mac refurbished suspension pieces, cleaned out both gas tanks, replaced the fuel lines and top canvas and enjoyed the car on his farm maintaining it, driving it and enjoying it for 14 years before relinquishing it serveal years ago to me.

Since Ive owned it, this Sahara has undergone a sympathetic restoration with parts sourced from Citroen Concours of America (Citroen Pieces) a former Citroen dealer who had purchased an extensive supply of OEM parts. Engine services were done; carburetors, brakes, and hydraulics were rebuilt. Paint and body panels were preserved. Wipers, brake lines, floor mats, door panels and seat covers were replaced as was a missing driverandrsquo;s side mirror. Where possible, the originals were saved and accompany the car.

Enthusiasts have recognized the Sahara as unique in its attributes and engineering. Survivors are rare and those with original running gear even more rare. At Quail Lodge in 2008, a 1962 Sahara with a pair of replaced engines sold for $93,600. Contrast that with the unrestored Alex DuPont Citroen Sahara sold for $142,500 at the Bonhamandrsquo;s Simeone sale in 2012. Multiple articles followed suggesting the price was over the top or an anomaly. Not so. At the 2016 Retromobile sale by Artcurial Motorcars, a barn find Sahara with 11,367 km recorded, sold for andeuro;172, 840 ($192,717).

If youre interested, call or email Ken. +1 828 674-6155 [ email ]