Name this car....

[pippy]

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8 hours ago, NigelG said:

Well I would say from the second and third crops it’s possibly one of the almost infinite versions of a 2cv Fourgonnette I think?
Maybe late 60s early 70s?

You have it pretty much spot-on, Nigel.

It's actually a bit earlier than you suggest but to date the vannette to an earlier period from the crops posted was impossible. I'll post a few snaps and, in one of them, eagle-eyed viewers will notice that this Mighty Mouse has 'suicide-doors' which, along with the '5-Rib' bonnet rather than the earlier 'Corrugated' type indicates a production date between 1960 and '64.

Pics were taken just last month in the car park of the 'liesure-boat' harbour of Les Minimes, La Rochelle. Nice to see that it was still being used for its intended use as a utilitarian carry-all.

General front 3/4;

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Front-view (clearly showing the 'Inverse Zagato' influence on the Roof Panel...😸...)

 

Side detail showing suicide-Doors, rudimentary two-spoke sterring wheel and notice those seat-frames!

 

Leaving shot of the rear 3/4;

 

Thanks for playing, chaps, and on to Nigel for the next puzzle!

Philip.

Edited May 16, 2024 by pippy

[Lelmer]

11 hours ago, pippy said:

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EDIT : If no-one has guessed it by tomorrow morning UK time I promise to post a more meaningful clue!......😸......

Congrats for the two first ones, Philip...I'd never have thought about a 2CV 🙂

[pippy]

46 minutes ago, Lelmer said:

Congrats for the two first ones, Philip...I'd never have thought about a 2CV 🙂

Thank you for the compliment, Alain, as I had discovered that it is surprisingly difficult to disguise a 'Deux Chevaux' regardless of whether it was a saloon or a fourgonnette - but I had a bit of fun trying!......😸......I was helped in no small way, of course, by the roof-panel being rather unique to this version.

Apologies (I suppose!) are in order for all the misleading 'clues' in the accompanying text but, rest assured, it was always my intention to make it easier quite soon into the puzzle.

On a tangential matter; the van pictured dates to 1964 at the very latest. I wonder how many of today's delivery vehicles will still be around in 2084?............

Philip.

Edited May 16, 2024 by pippy

[NigelG]

Those seats are very familiar!

I used to run one down in the Tarn region - not sure of the year but regular hinged doors/round lights - in a sandy/beige/ton pierre colour.

Sitting on lightly padded sling seats in a vehicle that can lean heavily while cornering was ok for the driver holding the wheel but not great for the passenger (nor my friend who had the misfortune to have to sit in the back on the corrugated floor when I picked him up from Toulouse airport when already “2-up” 🫢)

 

[Viv]

41 minutes ago, pippy said:

Thank you for the compliment, Alain, as I had discovered that it is surprisingly difficult to disguise a 'Deux Chevaux' regardless of whether it was a saloon or a fourgonnette - but I had a bit of fun trying!......😸......I was helped in no small way, of course, by the roof-panel being rather unique to this version.

Apologies (I suppose!) are in order for all the misleading 'clues' in the accompanying text but, rest assured, it was always my intention to make it easier quite soon into the puzzle.

On a tangential matter; the van pictured dates to 1964 at the very latest. I wonder how many of today's delivery vehicles will still be around in 2084?............

Philip.

I saw a 2CV Fourgonette yesterday, on the road in Luxembourg.

Edited May 16, 2024 by Viv

[pippy]

17 minutes ago, NigelG said:

...I used to run one down in the Tarn region...

At first I read / interpreted that part completely wrong......and was slightly horrified!......

I can empathise with your friend on the floor. When my older brother was at Uni one of his mates had a 'Frogeye' Sprite. They both asked me if I fancied taking a drive with them up into the Ochill Hills and I jumped at the chance; it's a very nice part of the world. Little did I realise that my 'accomodation' neccessitated sitting on the floor behind their seats with my legs streched-out (aka 'curled-up') under what would, in a sensible car, have been the boot-space. I'm still not convinced my nether-regions have quite recovered from the ordeal.....

Philip.

Edited May 16, 2024 by pippy

[wlaidlaw]

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As I was returning from Nice airport on Saturday evening to Tourtour, on the A8, coming in the opposite direction were a number of immaculate 2CV's on trailers, showing that even 2CV's can become concours d'elegance queens, only ever driven on and off a trailer, sad end for any classic car. Some years ago we bought a Bugatti 57 SC Gangloff Coupé, which had been one of these. It was geared to a top speed of 50MPH, when we got it, so that it could be driven around a parade ring slowly in second or third gear. Sadly years of being driven slowly had damaged the Rootes supercharger from the lobes clattering against each other and it never went like it should have. We guessed it only had around two thirds of the 200 BHP it should have had.

 Hopefully the garage has managed to extract my Three Wheel Morgan from their office, where it has resided for the last 6 months. They have to lift the sliding windows at the front of the office, off their tracks to get it out, I am scheduled to go and collect it tomorrow. 

Wilson

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Great shut lines!

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3 hours ago, Graham (G4FUJ) said:

Great shut lines!

Yet it doesn't look like a BL product....

Philip.

[NigelG]

No one going to “open the bidding”?

[wlaidlaw]

Renault Twingo? 

Collecting my Morgan was not straightforward. The garage where it had been in their showroom since last October had a cleaning lady in over Christmas and she unplugged my battery tender but it was left connected to the car, so it seems to have drained the battery rather than the reverse, so the battery has sat totally flat for months and is wrecked.  I got it started with the Noco booster I had been sensible enough to bring with me but driving 20km back to my house via the bakery (where I left it running) to collect a loaf for lunchtime, did not do anything for the battery. When I selected voltage on the small multi-function display at the bottom of the speedometer, the voltage instantly dropped to 6v or less as soon as I pressed the starter button. A days charging on my big CTEK MXS 7.0 on recondition setting and topping up all the cells with de-ionised water did not recover it one tiny bit. I have ordered a new Exide AGM Gel battery, which was supposed to arrive on Saturday but the couriers don't really work on a Saturday so the battery which the good folk at Manutention had rushed to the Colissimo depot for me, has sat immobile since 1.30 AM on Saturday morning at the Corbas depot near St Exupéry airport at Lyon since. Monday is the national Whit holiday (the French don't work many days in May), so it will not arrive at the pick up point in Salernes until Tuesday. I had actually wanted to use the Morgan today so that is a bit of a bummer. I don't want to risk three phase alternator, which sits inside the engine housing, so complicated to replace (engine out) and the expensive Harley Davidson Electraglide 35 amp solid state rectifier/regulator, trying to charge against a dead battery. 

Wilson

[Lelmer]

2 hours ago, NigelG said:

No one going to “open the bidding”?

Toyota micro EV?

[NigelG]

No but on the right lines…👍🏻

[Indeepthought]

Little Mazda 2

[wlaidlaw]

Citroen Ami?

I enquired about buying one of these but its range was too short to guarantee getting me back home from the nearest large supermarket, especially as it would be quite steep and twisty going back home. Not very well thought out. The Renault Twizy is a better idea if Renault ever permit battery purchase rather than leasing, which with the very low monthly mileage I do, is uneconomic. The Twizy is great fun to hoon around in. 

Wilson

[NigelG]

6 minutes ago, wlaidlaw said:

Citroen Ami?

I enquired about buying one of these but its range was too short to guarantee getting me back home from the nearest large supermarket, especially as it would be quite steep and twisty going back home. Not very well thought out. The Renault Twizy is a better idea if Renault ever permit battery purchase rather than leasing, which with the very low monthly mileage I do, is uneconomic. The Twizy is great fun to hoon around in. 

Wilson

Again on the right lines but not French…

[Lelmer]

Honda?

[NigelG]

Not Honda…

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