We build our 2CVE on our EV chassis. A galvanised frame, containing the batteries. This gives it a nice low center of gravity, the extra weight presses it a little more into the springs providing more comfort.
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This HY started its career in the Tarn et Garonne department, just below Cahors and a little further north than Toulouse. It was deployed with the Sapeurs Pompiers, these vehicles were often multifunctional. The steps on the sides indicate that something had to be taken from the roof (rack). The sliding windows on the sides were obviously not there for the fire hose reels, but to let in light for people inside.
In 1955, the Belgian Citroën factory introduced a new model, the AZUL. A Luxury AZU, now also suitable for taking passengers in the back. To this end, a removable seat was placed and a recess in the loading floor for foot space.
In '51 an commercial version of the 2CV was launched, the AU. The Model A Utilitaire had only 9 hp and could carry 250 kg. In '54 the engine power was increased to 12 hp and the van was called AZU.
It is the late summer of 1969 and the entire European motoring press has gathered to drive the Citroën M35 in Paris. An exclusive prototype with Wankel engine, the engine technology that seems to have a great future. For the test, 6 M35s were hand-built in a preliminary series. All in Gris Nacré and visibly numbered, you could find them in all the car magazines at the time. Could there be anything left of these cars besides the printed paper? Yes! and you can own it. Read the story of No.3 here.
Every collection has a start. Mine - and eventually my garage - started with a ’82 2cv6 Spécial Bleu Lagune. I bought it in '92 and still have it. This 2cv was bought in the early 1970s by a collector-to-be in the Netherlands. He drove it, loved it and became seriously Citrophile.
The service from Van Gompel from Eindhoven was lightning fast. They started as a Citroën specialist in the 1970s. In order to be able to quickly respond to customers in need of help, they had this Dyane 6 as their first service vehicle. It was equipped with a 4-cylinder boxer from the GS and therefore ran a bit quicker than the standard 602cc.
A 2v in black, a sought-after color. We found most of them in Belgium, but never saw them in Germany and France. Here in the Netherlands they were only delivered sparingly, most of them in '87. This is an early one, registered on January 17, '86, but built on November 7, '85.
After two decades of 375 and 425 cc, the 2CV4 came onto the market in '70 with 435cc. Not a big difference in cc's, and only 3 hp more, but the character of the engine was different; it could rev more, even to the point of a turbine-like howl. The 2CV6, introduced shortly afterwards, was also aimed at higher revs.
All that green, yellow and orange looks fantastic in those old Polaroid photos. You would like a time machine to take you back to see the streets full of what we now consider automotive delicacies. To recapture part of that era, we often transform a younger 2cv into a seventies model!
After the AU and AZU, the AK 350 was a further development of the 2cv van. Based on the heavier chassis of the Ami 6 and its technique with a larger 602cc engine, a longer model was built, with more loading capacity.