In 1972 I was dreaming to own a convertible, unfortunately there were not that many real soft top cars in Europe as there are now, and they all were in an expensive price range. Except the tiny Citroen 2cv. I start my story in the Fall of 1972 |
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my first car. |
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It was a 1965 18HP one with 425 cc engine. Dispite the car was not very fast, a friend and I made a trip with it around Europe in the summer of 1974. We were in Paris; Barcelona and Costa Brava in Spain; Lourdes, Marseilles, St Tropez, Cannes in France; Monte Carlo; Geneva and Zurich in Switzerland; Frankfurt, Dortmund, Koln, and more places, in Germany; Arnhem and Amsterdam in the Netherlands. We started July 12 1974 and came back august 8. We drove 5800 km. Top speed was 80 km/h. |
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Only once the 2cv gave us some problems; in Spain two
drive shafts broke down. Luckily we could fix this. |
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In two years the car turned into a wreck, with a broken
frame. It did no more pass the technical inspection, so I broke it down and used it as a toy, racing the fields. |
