09-03-2021, 04:46 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-03-2021, 05:02 PM by Reckless Rat.)
Up to 10 years ago I had two Acadianes, which are basically 2CV "AK"van backs with the later Dyane front end. Hence the name AK-Dyane...
Same chassis & running gear and gloriously underwhelming in everything they do and the only 2CV with wind up windows! However, because they were later models and didn't qualify for "classic" registration, the vagaries of getting them through the strict Contrôle Technique was getting harder, and made more difficult by the retirement of my very sympathetic tester. The second one just became the parts donor. I finally gave up and sold them, exchanging them for a very battered but light years ahead C15 van, which was their successor. That was in 2012. Since then the C15 has earned its corn as a van should, fetching and carrying building materials (and probably far more than it ought) and for its efforts was rewarded with a front to back mechanical make-over to get it through last year's CT. It will probably outlive me. The remains of another donor van provided me with an attic full of spares and the half a van trailer.
While there are still many C15s in this area, popular with builders and hunters, they are starting to die out and being replaced with Berlingos and Kangoos, or a crew-cab 4x4 pickup if you're an ardent hunter. Mine has a few years to go yet before it can have classic status, as it was built in 1995 so it will have to wait until 2025 but I'm sure it will still be going strong then.
Here, 2CVs have become so rare & so expensive they are only now in the hands of collectors and enthusiasts. There are few still used as daily drivers, but not many.
Oh and I forgot. I have an Austin Seven too, and I use it!
Same chassis & running gear and gloriously underwhelming in everything they do and the only 2CV with wind up windows! However, because they were later models and didn't qualify for "classic" registration, the vagaries of getting them through the strict Contrôle Technique was getting harder, and made more difficult by the retirement of my very sympathetic tester. The second one just became the parts donor. I finally gave up and sold them, exchanging them for a very battered but light years ahead C15 van, which was their successor. That was in 2012. Since then the C15 has earned its corn as a van should, fetching and carrying building materials (and probably far more than it ought) and for its efforts was rewarded with a front to back mechanical make-over to get it through last year's CT. It will probably outlive me. The remains of another donor van provided me with an attic full of spares and the half a van trailer.
While there are still many C15s in this area, popular with builders and hunters, they are starting to die out and being replaced with Berlingos and Kangoos, or a crew-cab 4x4 pickup if you're an ardent hunter. Mine has a few years to go yet before it can have classic status, as it was built in 1995 so it will have to wait until 2025 but I'm sure it will still be going strong then.
Here, 2CVs have become so rare & so expensive they are only now in the hands of collectors and enthusiasts. There are few still used as daily drivers, but not many.
Oh and I forgot. I have an Austin Seven too, and I use it!