09-03-2019, 10:46 AM
(This post was last modified: 09-03-2019, 10:47 AM by Ruairidh Dunford.)
Reckers - that looks suspiciously like a Acadiane (Dyane) Van - my mother briefly owned a saloon of that model before buying a brand new 2CV in 1986.
I ran the 1986 car for a few years and I also bought this at the same time:
It was know affectionately by us as the "Flying Carrot", would do 80mph flat out on a standard engine, 3" off the ground it cornered happily at pretty much any speed - caused quite a stir in France, as you can imagine. It was built up by Tom Abernethy and his son (that is a modified Cup Model windscreen you can see on it) and now resides in Ireland - I think...
I ran the 1986 car for a few years and I also bought this at the same time:
It was know affectionately by us as the "Flying Carrot", would do 80mph flat out on a standard engine, 3" off the ground it cornered happily at pretty much any speed - caused quite a stir in France, as you can imagine. It was built up by Tom Abernethy and his son (that is a modified Cup Model windscreen you can see on it) and now resides in Ireland - I think...