Description
Imperial War Museum | Duxford, Cambridgeshire
9th April 2025 - 9:00AM
1958 Citroen 2CV
No Reserve
Registration No: PAS 656
Chassis No: 1006930
MOT: Exempt
Converted to Right Hand Drive specification upon import to the UK in 2003
Subject to a complete cosmetic overhaul while in the vendor's possession
Upgraded with suspension dampeners for the front end
“The most intelligent application of minimalism ever to succeed as a car” - LJK Setright on the Citroen 2CV
The development of Citroën's ever-charming Deux Chevaux dates back to 1936 - a couple of years after the company had been rescued by Michelin. It was intended to motorise the large number of French farmers still relying on horses and carts, and it was research carried out amongst France's largely rural population that determined the following unique design brief: a low-priced, rugged 'umbrella on four wheels' that would enable four peasants to drive 110lb of farm goods to market at 31mph in clogs and via muddy, unpaved roads; including transporting eggs across a ploughed field without breaking them. Production was delayed by WWII, but began in 1948, following which 3, 872, 583 2CVs were manufactured via 11 factories across the world (including one in Slough, England) between 1948 and 1990, by which time, the ageing design had been defeated by contemporary legislation.
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