We sold this 2cv once before in 2009. At that time it had driven 23,000 km. It has had two owners, both of whom took good care of the car in their own way.
This 2cv has been owned for 24 years by a customer of ours and before that belonged to her grandmother. It was once pampered and kept indoors. In recent years, this was no longer possible and it was slowly fading away. Sometimes things come up in your life that prevent you from paying enough attention to your precious 2cv. So we were asked if we wanted to guide it to a new happy life.
2CVs produced in Belgium always have our special attention. Especially if they were also originally Dutch delivered. The models from the factory in Vorst have nice specific details, for example in the lighting.
In the Alps, southeast of Grenoble, near les Deux Alpes, you will find a mountain called La Meije. Also called "finger of God". Does the finger point to heaven or elsewhere?
We regularly find nice R4s. In France, Spain or Serbia. We found this red GTL - with the smooth engine - in Belgrade in '17. We brought it here, prepared it technically and provided it with a Dutch registration. Now, 7 years and 90,000 km later, we have it back in our showroom.
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.
In the spring of '61, Citroën introduced a new model between the popular 2CV and DS, the Ami 6. With the growing economy and emancipation, Citroën increasingly focused on female customers. The Ami 6 was promoted as a friend of the French ladies, with a specific “Pour Vous Madame” campaign. The brochure could easily have been for Parisian fashion, beautifully photographed and styled.
The HY could be ordered from Citroën in a number of different forms. The closed bus, which could then be extended, raised or otherwise converted by various carrossiers. The chassis cab as a basis for even more explicit expression. And the pickup, which was also often extended or covered. This is one with the standard length and without a hood.
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The Boullier company from Laval built this HY horse van in '65. Citroën supplied the chassis cab, a basis on which many coachbuilders developed their skills. Theault and Heuliez also built cattle and horse vans in various forms.
The cars here often have a history elsewhere. But I have known this van for a long time! I met it in '94, got it technically ready and drove it around for a while. My daughter in the Maxi Cosi on the front seat, secured with a lashing strap, Isofix did not yet exist...
The Champs de Mars factory branch in Paris arranged cars for foreign customers and other special deliveries. This also applies to this 2CV, a 2CV6 Spécial in Blanc Meije, with a more luxurious Club interior. It was registered on October 11, 1990, a few months after the end of production in Portugal. Its delivery was stamped at Champs de Mars, after which it probably disappeared into a storage. Was it bought to have a new 2CV available later?