1971 Citroen 2CV

I used to be acquainted with an eccentric wing-nut who used a 2CV as his daily driver in Newfoundland.  Funny enough the thing (no, not VW)  wasn’t half bad in the snow, although heat and snow coming in from the “roof” was a bitch.  Paint this one yellow and pretend you are James Bond in “For your eyes Only”.

I guess its conceivable that it could be a chick magnet just on the sheer odness and uniqueness of the thing, almost like John Cleese. This model in our Halifax Used Car Showroom has 75,000km on its rebuilt (2003) engine, standard and optional moonscape roof.

The Following is from wiki pedia

The Citroën 2CV (French: deux chevaux vapeur, literally “two steam horses“, from the tax horsepower rating) was an economy car produced by the French automaker Citroën from 1949 to 1990. ^[2] It is considered one of their most iconic cars. It was described in the book Drive On!: A Social History of the Motor Car by longtime CAR magazine columnist the late LJK Setright as “the most intelligent application of minimalism ever to succeed as a car.” It was designed for low cost, simplicity, 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 clearance, and for oversized loads a car-wide canvas sunroof (which until 1960 also covered the boot). Between 1948 and 1990 3,872,583 2CVs were produced, plus 1,246,306 camionettes (small 2CV trucks), as well as spawning mechanically identical vehicles like the Ami, Dyane, Acadiane, and Mehari.

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