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If you would like to present your car here, please send me a picture of it (or of your screwing work). The resulution should be at least 600 x 400 Pixels (more is better).
If you own a different car then a 2CV, you are also wellcome to send a picture.
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I have to admit a partial defeat concerning the "overhauling competition". Anke and Mike have already a new vehicle inspection sticker on their AK. I am convinced by the result, but only with a camping capable interior, the finishing line is crossed.

Martin belongs to the lower-wider-faster fraction of the 2CV drivers "Rhein-Lahn". By now he is working at a project concerning this theme. The bodywork is done by a former coachwork builder and extensive welding work has to be done. He intends to do a 10cm top chop and a 5cm channeling. His intention is to finish the car until the world meeting in Salbris 2011 and I started uploading his pictures to put some pressure on him.

Matthias wrote about his black and red Charleston:"It was the first brand new car I have bought and it is my companion for 240 000 km now. (Holidays in France, Portugal, Bulgaria, Greece, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Slovakia, Romania and many kilometers in Germany). Since 5 years I don't drive the car during winter! I did all the servicing by myself. 12 years ago the original chassis was replaced by one of the first galvanized ones sold by 'Der Franzose' (German spare part dealer). My companion in life owns a red 2CV. I also have a mint green colored Pick-Up, the first prototype of 'Der Franzose'. Another red duck is stored at my garage and waits for my 17 years old son. Together we will overhaul his car soon and that's why I favor your homepage. I am at the prepatory stage .... ;-)" ...I wish you a lot of fun with all your 2CV's.

I am in a kind of "overhauling competition" with Anke and Mike. Theirs sleeping beauty is an AK which has been turned into a shiny new car over the years. At the German national meeting in 2010 we told to showcase our work... Very interesting is the pattern of the seat cover Anke has created. More about that as soon as the interior of my no. 2 will be renewed.

Stephan from Greece sent me this picture of his new acquisition. In his mail he wrote: "After 20 years without a 2CV and after having damaged my 1978 Corolla, I found this duck at www.car.gr in the city of Petras. I drove there and bought the car. The duck was called to be built in 1985 with 50000km at the speedometer. Finally I found out that it was built in 1980 and kilometers on a speedometer of a 2CV are rarely a indicator of the true distance driven by the car... I guess it's more 150000 or 250000km... At the outside, the previous owner invested lots of work: New front fenders, new ventilation cap, completely new roof, new interior and a new paintwork. But during the overhauling process some parts were lost: Rubber seals of the doors, cover of the engine fan, boot- and bonnet release lever, jack, crank and so on. Breaks broken (already overhauled), shock absorbers damaged, tires without profile and carburetor wrongly adjusted. One suspension pot is loosing oil. Anyhow it is running well and the engine sound is good. Just the gearbox makes me worry - it is louder than normal... Now I am looking about the technical stuff. I have gotten a new vehicle inspection sticker las Monday and from now on it's legal to drive at the Greek streets!"

The "La Diva Blanc" of Jörg came from Italy to Munich. Like many ducks it's biography isn't complete and some red color is shining through some of the obviously replaced parts of the body. It is one of the rarely ordered cars painted in Blanc Meije / Gris Cormoran from the special edition called Dolly. It was built in 1985. I like it - two colors are always better than just one!

The Beetle who is a Duck: Volker wrote me about his car:"I have bought the car 1,5 years before by a private person, costing just a small amount of money. It was built in 1983 and 67.000 km are standing verifiable at the speedometer. The following work has been done: Floor pans left and right, sill boards left and right, foot-well pan, fixing of the rear seat belts, kingpins, tie rod ends, exhaust, brake discs and linings, brake cylinder, brake calipers, fuel pipe, ignition. The chassis has never been welded and is in a superb condition. The Bitumen has been completely removed and was replaced by a special wax, used at ships. This year I am going to disassemble the car once again to repaint it (again like a ladybird beetle, as favored by my 8 year old daughter). The black dots are made of plastic film!! Fenders and bonnet have already been painted by myself using aerosol spray - looks good. The interior is in a real original condition except for one of the headrests. TÜV without any problems. I did all the work by myself, with your help !! Sometimes a drop of oil appears at the ground. I will replace the oil filler neck to liquidate this problem. Apart from that I just can say we are soul-mates. I don't like to create a showroom car, but an everyday vehicle making me smirking!!" Remarks by the author: Nice to help somebody without geting dirty hands... Concerning oil leakage there is already a column at my pages. Wax instead of Bitumen - that's down my alley. To smirk and being smirked at, that is 2CV driver "destiny".

Achim from the German region Saarland told me about his overhauling project before (see below at this page). During the winter days he made his Donald become a shiny car once again:
I am enthusiastic! It is normal to be out of schedule while overhauling a car. To finish a project earlier than expected is unusual - Achim must have been full of beans while working on his 2CV!

Jürgen from the German region "Hunsrück" sent me these pictures of his construction place. This AZU 250 was built in 1972 and hopefully it will be able to drive on the road without help from the far east as soon as possible.

The Allgäu (a southern German region) is the base of this flying duck. Wolfram took this picture while replacing the rotten chassis. As you can see at the background, he also thinks that one 2CV is never enough... Wolfram wrote me: "The car was built in 1989 an I am driving it since 4,5 years. It has been overhauled by Abe (happy-ents.de, sadly died in 2008 ), but not very successfully as you can see. Since 1984 I am mobile by 4 cylinders (2CV + Guzzi)." Note of editorial: "Overhauling a 2CV is never for ever - there is always something to be done!"

A very active home constructor is Adrien from Luxembourg. His new aquisition is a bright yellow LoMax 224. A new galvanised Wheels-Chassis, a new engine + gearbox were used to transform the 2CV built in 1989 to this car in 1999. After that it was stored inside a barn and with only 364km at the speedometer Adrien ended the sleep of the big beauty. Some days later Adrien sent me a picture which seems to prove the fact that LoMax are contaminous...

...accelerates in 59,4 seconds from 0 to 100 kilometers per hour. Elmar's 'Sauss Ente', a special edition offered in Germany, was built in 1987 and has been overhauled once with a galvanized Wheels-chassis. He bought it in May of 2002 and the duck is flying around the city of Osnabrück. Like migratory birds do, it is sometimes flying to the south and so it can be seen around the Rhein-Neckar-district from time to time. The green roof is an upgrade and it looks good at the green car, doesn't it?

Nick from Belfast has just rebuilt his '86 2cv Charleston in Burgundy and Black. Looks very good, doesn't it?.

Even in California rust can be found at the 2CVs. A part of it was probably imported to the US (without an extra charge of duty) when the car came from Denmark. Christopher lives in Sacramento CA and is the proud owner of the two cars shown here. The duck means hard work and he wants to orbit the car with his welding equipment during the next days, weeks, months or probably years(?), because the screwdriver went right through the sillboard with his finger included. The DS 21 was built in 1966 an it is his everyday car. He started loving Citroëns after having owned "Kafers, Kombis, British cars, and a myriad of other autos." Good wishes from good old Germany while restauring your car!

Geir from Norway has a big plan: He wants to travel through Afrika with his 'Amelie'. Right now he is preparing his 2CV piece by piece for the great trip.

Krum from Bulgaria sent me a picture of his 'ugly duckling' as his wedding car. It was shot in a very agular position so it seems that it was a great party...

Adrien started overhauling his second 2CV and here are the first pictures he sent. It's a AZLP built in 1959.

The technology is disclosed. Some more pictures of the framework can be seen at the column 'Technical development'.

Updated on August the 24th in 2009: The new chassis of a drum brake model of the 70s, where at the bearings of the housing were elongated. Rust removed and painted.

Updated on October the 10th in 2009: The new floor plates are welded.

Updated on November the 15th 2009: Running quickly from prospering rust to a shining and well sealed undercarriage. Inbetween many hours of welding work passed by. Click at the small pictures to see the larger ones, so you will be able to see what Adrien has done.

Updated on November the 17th 2009: Engine and gearbox will be overhauled next.

Updated on November the 29th 2009: Coated with primer.

Update on March the 27th 2010: Looks already like a 2cv.

		Vehicle data: EZ 04/74 Swept volume 1299 ccm Output 65 hp KM 152000 Fuel consumption 6,5 - 7,5 Liters V-max 160 km written on speedometer Click at the pictures to see the large versions.
Oliver owned a red AMI Super in the early 80s, but sold this car two years later even though he was very pleased with the car. After owning a GSA, 2 BX, 2 Berlingo, C5, C4 and 2 Ducks he found this car in the internet. The French salesperson sent him many pictures so Oliver could see the condition of the AMI. A carrier delivered the car from Montpellier straight to the entry door and Oliver started immediately the overhauling process. There was a lot of work to be done. The engine was more like an oil pump and as you can see on the pictures above there was some buckling and rust spread over the car. The spare parts were difficult to order, because the AMI Super is different from the AMI 8 and the GS. Engine and gearbox are from a GSA 1300 and so some parts had to be adapted to the AMI Super. At 4th of August 2008 the car was on the road again and the 2200km traveling to the island Rømø (Denmark) was no problem for the super AMI Super.

Two aircooled flat engines: The 2CV of Rolf from Nordrhein-Westfahlen (German state) is standing in-between a Porsche 1600 Super from 1962 and two horse-drawn carriages - Deux Chevaux in the truest sense of word.

Achim from the Saarland (German state) sent me these four pictures. He is a new member of the 2CV owners. First he bought and overhauled two FIAT 500 (built in 1969 and 1976) and a Mercedes 170 DS from 1953. This winter he and his son overhauled a FIAT 126 and as soon as his young mechanician made his driving licence, he will drive the roads in his 'yellow racer'. The red and black 'Charleston' is the newest car in Achim's garage. The previous owner was driving this beautiful car from 1987 to 2004 and he wanted to overhaul it somewhen, but ran out of time. When Achim bought the car he gave the assurance to restore the 2CV systematic and promised the previous owner a trip with the overhauled Charleston. People who can disassemble a FIAT while sleeping and who already gave a Mercedes a second chance will not be overburdened by bringing a 2CV back to the road.

That's what Francesco from Venice wrote when he sent me pictures of his car: Don't open the picture now.... read first.. I have bought my 2cv charleston on 2000. With my friend Michele we decide to renew everything. We built a super-natural garage ( now look 1.jpg. i'm not looking the camera!! ) Picture 1 we had a lot of beer a lot of mosquitos a lot of ideas not a lot of money not a lot of time ....but a lot of 2cv passions and now ( after 3 years ) my 2cv is this : ( now open 2.jpg ). Picture 2 I send you a 3.jpg image because i think is important to remember we are child , also only in a small part. Picture 3 best regard and a mountain of happy km to you. Francesco

Peter asked from time to time where some special parts have to be placed, which were still remaining in his restauration garage. That was once the reason why I created these pages (not everybody wants to buy a second car to have a closer look)... Now his car looks like brand new and I hope to see him on the roads of Hessen (the county we both live in).

You could see this car before (down below) in this gallery, but there was an other driver sitting in it. That does not mean that the car has been sold in between. The answer to this riddle is, that you can see the father of Nicolas, the owner of this 2CV6 Special. He is also a enthusiastic 2CV driver and he made his way to the civil registray office in a gray 2CV built in 1952 when he married - so it is a traditional family car.

The 2CV of Uwe peeps out of its shelter. The left front wheel shakes a bit too much and so there are some repairs to be done. The blue color covered my own No. 1 when it was produced and maybe I will meet this car at the streets of hessen, because Offenbach is not too far away from my hometown.

This special modell 'Transat' (Beachcomber) is owned by Rolf from Swizerland. He was driving 4 different 2CVs in the 80s and fell into relapse a few days ago as he told me in his mail. No problem - 'deseases' and 'addictions' like this don't have to be medicated... Based near the Lake Constance is a good place for a special modell with a reference to yachting (see column 'France3' for more details).

6th october 2006 Pictures of 'someone who went out to fight the rust' were sent to me by Adrien from Luxembourg. It looks like it is not the first time he is working with a 2CV. He told me to send me some more pictures of his screwing work untill the projekt is finished. I think that wont't be a very long time... November 2008 In a second mail he showed me the progress of his work. Sanding, priming, sanding, sanding, priming... Sounds familiar to me. At the left you can see what kind of vehicle Adrien uses while not driving his 'MISS TERIOUS'... At December the 1st the car came out of the furnace colored with 'Sauce CASSIS' - it looks very good, doesn't it? Adrien started immediately the 'Remontage'. You can imagine what a impressive 2CV is created here. The restauration-speed will decrease from now on, because Adrien told me his holidays are over now... ...the break did not last very long. Finishing the attaching parts was the next step... ...and the pictures of the (except some small parts) remounted car originate from 28th of february 2009. That was much faster than my first project. I am enthusiastic of the result! That does not mean that Adrien stops his screwing work - there is already a second 2CV in his garage.

This picture was sent to me by Nicolas from Italy. In this mail he told me, that he found (and bought) this fun-car in april 2008 accidently. 30 Years before he owned an AK600 which took him through Europe and nothern Afrika! It is still the original color - great! Allways cherish your beatifull car, Nicolas.

The Traction Avant is the first 'non 2CV' in this gallery. The proud owner of this front wheel drive - nothing else means the french name - is Michael from the Citroën-Club Rottweil-Tuttlingen (Germany). He also owns the red 2CV between the two Gangster-limousines. The movement to owning a second oldie can be seen here as well as in my own garage... When I asked fore more details, Michael sent a second mail. The Traction Avant (also known as 11CV) was built in 1952 (March or April) and is still in very good condition. There was no welding work necessary! The body has been repainted and the covering of the doors and the roof interior have been renewed. It is a wheel-model, where the outlines of the spare wheel can be seen at the boot lid. The 2CV was built in 1989 in Portugal and was very rusty, when Michael bought it. Many parts of the framework had to be replaced by 2mm strong zinc-coated sheets. It is the fourth Duck in Michaels career.

At this wonderful Picture you can see the 2CV of Johannes, living near Karlsruhe in Germany. Looks like a little rest from a hard Pikes Peak racing...

I first met Sonja from Colonge in Vechta, my first meeting with my freshly restored 2CV. She came there without her duck, because the amount of rust had anticipated the use of it any longer. She wrote me, that she made the decision to restore her car because of my description of my own work - I feel honored. The limited space of the city forced her to place the body at the front garden during restoration work. Looks good, go on working on your 2CV - I am waiting for the picture of the Duck being on the road again.

These two Ducks are based in Aumenau, a small village about 10km away from me. The one at the right site of the left photo can also be seen at the right photo and it is owned by Frank. He had bought the car as a cheap facility to prove his welding and screwing-work. While driving the 2CV he started loving it. He shares this passion with his 8 year old daughter and so he made this car become a gift to her. The duck was built at 16th November 1986, wich means it is a real sunday-car! The grey Charleston at the left of Photo number one is owned by Charlotte and i will start some investigations about it as soon as possible.

Built in 1956 was the recently overhauled 2CV of Hein from Cologne. Ingo Meier advised him at his restauration work. The result is really lovely.

This picture series is the best proof that men seem to know what women want. As a birthday gift to his girlfriend, Paul created a gift certificate for a new framework of his girlfriends duck. Doreen was amused as I could read in the email. Now the cleaned and re-painted parts are put together again. Looks good from up here and I am confident that I will get a photo later, when the registration plates are assembled again.

The little buckle at the front looks not too good, but the rest of the black and red Charleston is really fine. Michael from Denmark is trying to conserve his 'And', how the 2CV is called there. When the rust prevention is done, the car, which was built in 1989 and imported from Germany, will be good for many more years on the roads of northern Europe. Later Michael sent me a second mail with the remark, that he didn't have to pay extra money for the front-buckle when he bought the car ;)

Rudi from Wien is the proud owner of a Dyane. Right now it is overhauled and made fit for traffic again. It is the special model 'Caban' in dark blue with white decor. Standing on the concrete slab at the green grass, it looks like a monument of long passed by decades...

Oops! As soon as an exceptionally gifted mechanic makes a little failure, his daughter has nothing better to do than pressing the shutter of her camera. Maybe Wolfgang just wanted to do a tyre change without using the car jack? Thanks to Julia from Görsroth (little village in Germany) for the nice photo and to her dad for the great assist.

Seems like the car of the photographer of the previous photo can go everywhere. If the photo was taken some meters backward in the sand and if the surface of the 2CV was less glossy, it could be a stop of the rally Paris-Dakkar. Looks like the Taunus is a very rough area...

For 15 Years the 2CV of Claas was sleeping in a underground parking. Now the sleeping beauty is beeing awaken. I hope to get a photo of the finished project, as soon as the car is driving at the roads of the world again.

Duckling looks at dam could be the title of this photo. You can see Jaunette, the 2CV of Anke and Mike living in Wülfrath. We were neighbours at the Worldmeeting in Sweden 2007.

A great cabriolet from Siggi. I try to get mor Information about Car and driver.

Festively decorated for the big show as a wedding car is the 1986 duck from Helmut, living in Apolda. Originally he came from Waldernbach (which is just around the corner from me), but job-related he settled in Thüringen (German county). At the picture, you can't see him, but his son-in-law and his daughter. A beautifull tertian - isn't it?

Alex from Münster is apprentice at a foto studio and also a hobby 2CV mechanic. The three Photos showing his 1984 Charleston, demonstrate his talent in both disciplines. Self restored and self shot! If the 2CV should once become revitalised - here are the fitting promotion-photos. Klick at the Pictures to see the larger ones - its worth!

Racy instead of comfortable is the Le Patron of Didier from Belgium. This car was built in 2002 and was once an Acadiane. The rear axle had to be placed somewhat more in front, due to the longer wheelbase compared to the 2CV. The chassis suspension is also lowered. The engine has not been tuned, but completely overhauled and the polished valve covers are decorated with the LePatron-branding. The conversion took 2Years and as you can see it was worth it. In 2008 a GS1050-gearbox as well as a Visa-engine with a special calmshaft and 123-Ignition shall be attached. It will be a perfect Ferrari-shocker when the replacemant is done...

Hidden behind branches you can see the shy poultry of Dierk from Hamburg.

I first met Maike and Uwe at the Ferry to Göteborg when traveling to the worldmeeting in sweden. Some weeks later they sent me a picture of their glossy green duck. I'll investigate what the patch at the fender is good for.

This picture of a barn find was sent to me by Peter Bandur from my hometown. It's not a find in the actual sense, since he placed this duck in the barn of his father by himself in 1993, because the engine did not work any longer. His brother already told me about the treasure, but I did not take a look at it, because my storage capacity is already exhausted and finally I could not have resisted an offer (you know about that). Now Peter sent this picture to me, not to make an offer. He wants to drive this car by himself 'sometimes' - possibly I can shorten this 'sometimes' somehow...

The serbian postservice-truckette from Moritz (Frankfurt) makes the beginning.