2CV Sahara

[Northsky]

This little belter had two engines, one front and one back, four wheel drive doodle to fix could strip and rebuild the entire thing in a couple of days and heaps of fun to boot

[Greg]

This little belter had two engines, one front and one back, four wheel drive doodle to fix could strip and rebuild the entire thing in a couple of days and heaps of fun to boot

Is that the 'James Bond' car from 'For your eyes only'?

[Butchd]

2CV yes, Sahara no. They were a bit rare and very sought after now. That isn't to say that people aren't making their own twin engined 2CV's for off road. Mind you Citroen weren't the only people at it since I recall a twin engined mini, though it must have been rubbish off road since it lacked the 2CV's independant suspension.

[Northsky]

The Bond one was a conventional 2CV mind you it still makes good transport,

[sam_acw]

The Bond one was in theory conventional. When you watch closely you can see all the sump guard, roll cage et al. Amazing the things you can learn when you Dad used to sell the tin snail!

[Northsky]

The Bond one was in theory conventional. When you watch closely you can see all the sump guard, roll cage et al. Amazing the things you can learn when you Dad used to sell the tin snail!

Off road 2CVs I've come across have these along with other mods

[sam_acw]

Thinking about it I've seen Mini Mokes with 4wd as they have 2 engines! There is at least one at the Motor Heritage museum at Gaydon

[sargey]

2CV sahara

i always wanted a mehari, the 2cv chassis plastic pick up. you often see them in tropical french colonys.



cheers, and.

[Northsky]

Now thats what i'm talking about

[Spikey DaPikey]

Found this on ebay..............

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Citroen-MEHARI...QQcmdZViewItem

[jojo]

Now that brings back memories. My first car was a 2CV. The little grey two seater van, I think small engine something like 400cc, 3gears if I remember correctly. Top speed, down hill with the wind at the back 40MPH! Those were the days
I kept that car a few years, I remember ripping the back, right end corner of it on some wall, and to repair, a 2X4 lump of wood nailed in!! it worked wonders. I eventually passed it on to a friend, who drove like a maniac and one day he lost the driver's door driving down hill. Never stopped to retrieve the things and replaced it with a short length of chain!!

[cyclist]

jojo, exactly that´s the way it was. My CV reached top speed in 4th gear, down hill with backwind and some extra tuning: the Police following.
I remember one winter: it was much faster than a mate´s highpowered ralley Simca which couldn´t bring all it´s power to the road

The french electrics was just an extreme nightmare: 6V made the red control light shining when using high beam plus windsreen wipers (frequently using sandpaper on some parts of the generator helped), the wiring all green .....
Who said Lucas was the inventor of darknes - must have had no experience with Citroen

[jojo]

Picture of the twin engine 2cv (4cv???) apparently that one managed to go up the biggest sand dune in France la Dune du Pilat., It's a big sand dune, I have walked up it yaers ago, quite a feat to drive up there!
Funny, I can't remember any problems at all with electrics, must have been a 6v.. but you could fix the thing, couldn't you? sticky tape, baling wire, 2x4 for the bodywork. The floor panels were rotten, could see the road going past underneath.. freezing in winter!!! the good old days, miss them

[Butchd]

Can't say I've ever had any problems with my 6v citroens, and indeed they are more reliable than the 12v Slough citroens which indeed were lucas.