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You cant buy happiness but you can buy a classic car. It is not the same but it gives about the same feeling.
Is it Cute? Weird? or Ugly? You decide.......Either way it gets lots of smiles and attention.
Well the FRENCH VANILLA FUN-MOBILE has arrived and was serviced and is now a centerpiece in our showroom.
This excellentcondition North Carolina rust free car has had a recent new interior, vinvl top and electronic ignition.
This Deux Chevaux was purchased from a gentleman at his residence in N.C. that also has a Charleston Edition 2CVat his other home in Charleston, S.C. It looks, runs and drives great.
The Citroen2CV(French: deuxchevaux i.e. deuxchevauxfiscaux, literally two tax horsepower) was an economy car produced by the French automaker Citroen from 1948-1990. It was technologically advanced and innovative, but with extremely utilitarian and deceptively simple Bauhaus inspired bodywork, that belied the sheer quality of its underlying engineering. It was designed to move the French peasantry on from horses and carts. It is considered one of Citroens most iconic cars. In 1953, Autocar in a technical review of the car wrote of, ...the extraordinary ingenuity of this design, which is undoubtedly the most original since the Model T Ford. It was described by CAR magazine journalist and authorLJKSetrightas the most intelligent application of minimalism ever to succeed as a car. It was designed for low cost, simplicity of use, versatility, reliability, and off-road driving. For this it had a light, easily serviceable engine, extremely soft long travel suspension (with adjustable ride height), high ground clearance, and for oversized loads a car-wide canvas sunroof (which until 1960 also covered the boot).
During a production run of 42 years between 1948 and 1990, 3,872,5832CVswere produced, plus 1,246,306camionnettes(small2CVtrucks), as well as spawning mechanically identical vehicles like the Ami - 1,840,396,Dyane- 1,444,583,Acadiane- 253,393, andMehari- 144,953: a grand total of 8,756,688.
From 1988 onwards, production took place in Portugal rather than in France. This arrangement lasted for two years until2CVproduction halted.
Front wheel drive, Four doors, 602 c.c.aircooledboxer engine making a whopping 29 horses with a 4 speed in the dash shifter catapulting this classic to a top speed of 72 MPH. Totally rust free southern car!!
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