74 Citroen 2CV Dolly (1985)
Citroen 2CV (1948-90) Engine 602cc H2 Air Cooled Production 3,872,583
Registration Number C 166 TLD
CITROEN SET
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Designed as an economy car, technologically advanced and innovative, but with uncompromisingly utilitarian unconventional looks, and deceptively simple Bauhaus inspired bodywork. In 1936, Pierre-Jules Boulanger, the vice-president of Citroën and chief of the Engineering and Design department, set the brief to his design team at the Bureau d'études. The car was to be developed at Michelin facilities at Clermont-Ferrand and at Citroën in Paris in strict secrecy, by the design team who had created the Traction Avant.
Boulanger placed engineer André Lefèbvre in charge of the TPV (Toute Petite Voiture – "Very Small Car") project. Lefèbvre had designed and raced Grand Prix cars, his own speciality was chassis design and he was particularly interested in maintaining contact between tyres and the road surface. In an era of poor damping, beam axles and leaf springs this gave his cars vastly superior grip and handling to most other cars.
The prototypes were completed by 1939, making use of aluminium and magnesium parts and had water-cooled flat twin engines with front-wheel drive. But were hidden away for the duration of WWII. The development and production, of what was to become the 2CV was also delayed by the incoming 1944 Socialist French government,
Citroën finally unveiled the car at the Paris Salon on October 7, 1948, with British production begining at Slough from 1953
Early cars were powered by 375cc flat air cooled twin engines with push rod operated overhead valves and a hemispherical combustion chamber.
A 425cc engine was introduced from 1954 uprated from 1962 to a 602cc unit.
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Shot taken 10.06.2012 at the Bromley Pagaent of Motoring REF 85-074
74 Citroen 2CV Dolly (1985)
Citroen 2CV (1948-90) Engine 602cc H2 Air Cooled Production 3,872,583
Registration Number C 166 TLD
CITROEN SET
www.flickr.com/photos/45676495@N05/sets/72157623776731490...
Designed as an economy car, technologically advanced and innovative, but with uncompromisingly utilitarian unconventional looks, and deceptively simple Bauhaus inspired bodywork. In 1936, Pierre-Jules Boulanger, the vice-president of Citroën and chief of the Engineering and Design department, set the brief to his design team at the Bureau d'études. The car was to be developed at Michelin facilities at Clermont-Ferrand and at Citroën in Paris in strict secrecy, by the design team who had created the Traction Avant.
Boulanger placed engineer André Lefèbvre in charge of the TPV (Toute Petite Voiture – "Very Small Car") project. Lefèbvre had designed and raced Grand Prix cars, his own speciality was chassis design and he was particularly interested in maintaining contact between tyres and the road surface. In an era of poor damping, beam axles and leaf springs this gave his cars vastly superior grip and handling to most other cars.
The prototypes were completed by 1939, making use of aluminium and magnesium parts and had water-cooled flat twin engines with front-wheel drive. But were hidden away for the duration of WWII. The development and production, of what was to become the 2CV was also delayed by the incoming 1944 Socialist French government,
Citroën finally unveiled the car at the Paris Salon on October 7, 1948, with British production begining at Slough from 1953
Early cars were powered by 375cc flat air cooled twin engines with push rod operated overhead valves and a hemispherical combustion chamber.
A 425cc engine was introduced from 1954 uprated from 1962 to a 602cc unit.
Please click on this link to my Flag Page to register a view from your country.
Thankyou - Rob.
Shot taken 10.06.2012 at the Bromley Pagaent of Motoring REF 85-074