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Really great thread. Cool color choice on your 2cv !!!

 

Most transverse fours sit on the right of the transaxle. The whole assembly might be 40" or more wide, with the tall engine comprising the first 25" or so on the right. In a 2CV that would put the cam drive sprocket about where the right headlight is. And then you'd have to find space for the radiator.

Apart from the engine/transaxle not physically fitting in the envelope, it might actually work with the 2CV's suspension. It would be a pity to lose the clever interconnected suspension in favour of some cookie-cutter strut or wishbone IFS; it'd be reducing all the 2CV's cool conceptual originality to surface and appearance, i.e. a snail-shaped cliché.

 

Truly amazing craftsmanship!

 

hello and thank you
that you have seen is a 2CV charleston built in the late 1980 .

 

was shot in my tires

 

Progress is looking great, keep at it and update alot!

 

Wow! Looks amazing.

 

Mika, that looks fantastic!

And Ned, thanks for the explanation, and I agree that losing the stock suspension would be a shame- at the same, finding something that could be laid back 45 degrees (like a Zetec) would make for a sharp-looking conversion.

 

man that looks good!

 

Oh my!

 

great thread,excellent workmanship,origional.to whoever asked the question about restrictive laws on modifying cars.the way i see it there is a great conspiracy in europe to get older vehicles off the road,not enough older vehicles will mean people having to buy new probably electric cars.all the working classes will have to drive small cars while the ruling elite will still have access to powerful transport.a bit like china.in the last 20 years hundreds of small scrapyards have closed.if you cant get parts you cant keep the older stuff on the road.guys like me who keep older stuff going for as long as possible dont generate money for the governments or big business.fair play to the brits they are the only ones to give the finger to europe and fight theface less beurocrats that are fucking europe up. rant over for now.I AM NOT A NUMBER I AM A FREE MAN

 

Before things got standardized to engine on right, transaxle on left (or the other way around in the case of some Hondas) there were a few other variants on the transverse principle. The original Mini's gearbox-in-sump arrangement springs to mind, but there were also the first FWD Peugeots (to keep it all French - I think the 305 was the last with that layout) which I seem to recall having the gearbox behind the engine, driven from the clutch by a gear train or chain, making for a narrow and pretty much symmetrical package. Unfortunately none of these engines are much to look at.

 

The obvious engine swap is the 1220cc GS or the 1299cc GSA. Two Horse Garage in England built a lot of 2CVs with that engine. They rev very high and very freely and come with massive inboard disks so stopping is good too. And they fit. You should be able to find a junk GSA somewhere.


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Amazing Work Mika !!!!

This 2 pattes is the coolest I've ever seen.

La question est : vas-tu oser rouler avec, un fois qu'elle sera finie ?

 

merci frogz
cool your drawing, you'll have to do it when it is finished .
( j'ai vu tes oeuvres sur bc , superbe )

yes I think roll with is made ​​for that .

 

simply awesome!

Keep the updates comin' ...

 

thank you, the update will be put in real time

 

logo for my jacket .
thank you to my best friend .

 

heres the engine if it will fit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D9YgMD85OM

 

no I will not put in maserati v6 working tool.
the project to be a flat twin engine with a turbo citroen.
not many horses but I have a great desire to him instaler turbo

 

Fantastic Stunning work ,,

A Subaru engine would be fun

 

Mazda rotary? A sort of do-it-yourself M35 saloon?

DKW 2-stroke triple? (I thought of that because, if we're going water-cooled, over the gearbox might be the obvious place for a radiator, as it is on the Deek.)

 

reassembling this week
I still have two days to present it was first released in public .

bethune retro . nord french .
festival hot rod & kustom car



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Makrolon for the lateral windows.



preparation and instalation.

kustom hood louvered .







still can work for two days .

 

Very Cool. Would have been neat to see the Citroen chevron pattern at the bottom of the louvers.

 

this pics is so cool!

 

AWESOME. Can't wait to see the finished product!

 

You are an artist

 

I love the dash !!!
The rear looks like a P. Meslet concept

 

sonofaBITCH!! you CAN polish a turd!! that has to be the most fantastic work i have ever seen..

 

Technically, a 2Cv is far away from a turd
And seeing a project car from 1936 , up to 198x ( I d have to check my sources ), 50 y/o for the same car can t really result in a turd .
BTW, Myth Buster tried to polish a turd. It seems it s not so easy
Not that I m in love with 2 Cv, but it s a historical car on his place.
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