In addition to the two elegant Chapron-bodied DS Citroens we saw earlier today, CC reader Chris also shot this 2CV still being used as a tender on a Belgian canal barge on the Muese River in Liege. They probably can’t replace it; what else would be light enough to drive right up on that corrugated steel roof?
This is the Citroen model that the Richard Dreyfus character drives in “American Graffiti” right? It looks like it, anyway.
Correct. That film was a sort of showcase of period cars like the ’55 Chevy, T-Bird, Deuce Coupe, etc. It, along with “Rebel Without a Cause,” inspires the Raggare subculture in Sweden & other European countries.
I always liked Cindy Williams’s ’58 Edsel.
The 2CV was also in “A Year in Provence,” a British TV comedy (based on the book) in which Peter Mayle trades in his Vauxhall for one. He praises its virtues for rural life in southern France (“can be fixed by a blacksmith.”).
Also driven by Peter Sellers in “The Revenge of the Pink Panther.”
…as “The Silver Hornet.”
…somewhat modified…
Also driven by the nun Miss Clavel in the film version of “Madeline”.
And a few hundred other movies over the years….http://www.imcdb.org/vehicles.php?make=Citro%EBn&model=2CV&modelMatch=1&modelInclModel=on
And of course, For Your Eyes Only – a pair of Pug 504s chasing 007 and Carole Bouquet in a 2CV through a Spanish olive grove.
They should use an early 2CV, with the corrugated metal hood.
Seemed unlikely until I figured the weight. 1240 lbs for that generation of 2CV. Divide by 4 and you get 310 pounds per wheel. Most house roofs can take several 250-lb men walking around, applying pretty much the same PSI as those narrow tires.
Not unlikely at all.
Interesting photo indeed and I suppose the rear wheels hanging over the edge are supposed to keep it in place, but what is a Canal Tender?
Sweet ! .
I loved my ’59 2-CV AZ , it was strange but wonderful in that weird way only French Cars are…..
-Nate
I remember these being called ducks (Enten) when I lived in Germany. Is that the common name for these elsewhere?
Yes, it was called Eend (duck) or Lelijke Eend (ugly duck) here.
And the common name for a Citroën DS was a Snoek (pike).
“Pachnoa” in Israel, which means mobile sheet metal.
And Geit in Belgium, which means goat.
In the UK it was the thin snail.
This stained glass I designed and placed in our frontdoor:
Great ! Must be a one of a kind frontdoor…