Cars and car troubles

[Judge]

It is kind of funky to see Fiats back on the road after such a long absence. Hardly ever see a Citroen here though.

 

[Warwick C]

I found a really weird one its an ugly duckling powered by a rotary, it
was they had a share in NSU. It only got to preproduction stage they
had customers test them.

For some reason citroens never caught on with the Americans, too eccentric?

 

[Judge]

For some reason citroens never caught on with the Americans, too eccentric?

That would be my guess. When I was a kid, I used to see quite a few Peugeots and Renaults. But very few Citroens.

I always thought of Peugeots as Trabants as they should have been...

 

[Warwick C]

From what I understand Citroen had to change their head lights for the Us market, then there was a ruling against the use of self leveling suspension. for instance the SM had swiveling head light , for the Us market they had to have fixed headlights.

 

[Judge]

From what I understand Citroen had to change their head lights for the Us market, then there was a ruling against the use of self leveling suspension. for instance the SM had swiveling head light , for the Us market they had to have fixed headlights.

Reminds me of MG and Jaguar....the US government exasperated them with bumper regulations. And they're merciless here about grey market cars...

 

[Warwick C]

Some more unsual citroen cars, based upon the 2cv. The M35 (blue one) single rotor and the base car the Ami, a up market 2cv

 

[Judge]

Some more unsual citroen cars, based upon the 2cv. The M35 (blue one) single rotor and the base car the Ami, a up market 2cv

The AMI almost looks like a collaborative effort between Ford Anglia and Citroen. Interesting styles....all with rear wheel covers.

 

[Warwick C]

you definitely recognize one when you see it. The owner of the garage has a station wagon version to restore at some stage. the odd thing about the car and the station wagon is that they use the same roof. Most were only 2 cylinder motors some came with the small GS motor. 1015cc

 

[Nitro]

Below is a photo taken on the backlot of Universal Studios shortly before filming on Two-Lane Blacktop began. The '55 on the left was used to film interior scenes, is commonly referred to as the camera car, and was only used in Two-Lane Blacktop. The '55 in the middle of the three cars was used to film exterior scenes showing the '55 and was later reused in American Graffiti. A third '55 was also constructed for Two-Lane Blacktop for use as a stunt car. The stunt car was also used in both movies, rolled over at the end of American Graffiti, and later sent to the crusher. Both '55s pictured below survive. The camera car has been restored to correct Two-Lane Blacktop appearance (without the camera rigging)

Drag racing east from Los Angeles in a souped-up ’55 Chevy are the wayward Driver and Mechanic (singer-songwriter James Taylor and the Beach Boys’ Dennis Wilson, in their only acting roles), accompanied by a tagalong Girl (Laurie Bird). Along the way, they meet Warren Oates’s Pontiac GTO–driving wanderer and challenge him to a cross-country race. The prize: their cars’ pink slips

This film captures the gritty essence of street racing in the glory years of the true American muscle car era

 

[Nitro]

 

[Warwick C]

Some may find this interesting more classic customisers. Darrel Starbird came up with the original bubble top.

 

[Warwick C]

Real F1 Car

 

[Warwick C]

A Citroen DS playing in the snow

 

[Warwick C]

Some thing interesting about the Citroen of that era up to the 80s, was that the weight distribution was 70/30 to the front. That was why they could be driven with out a back wheel you would lock the suspension in the high position with the ride height selector inside. I may be able to do it with my GSA.

 

[Judge]

Some thing interesting about the Citroen of that era up to the 80s, was that the weight distribution was 70/30 to the front. That was why they could be driven with out a back wheel you would lock the suspension in the high position with the ride height selector inside. I may be able to do it with my GSA.

That reminds me of an episode of CHiPs back in the 70s.....when they stopped a guy going down the freeway in a Citroen and he was only riding on three wheels!

 

[Judge]

ROFL!!!! I remember that episode quite well. They really couldn't do anything about it, because there was actually no law against driving with only three wheels.

With the weight distribution as Warwick pointed out, I'm wondering if there was really any danger in driving under such conditions.....hmmm.

 

[Warwick C]

The ride is very soft in them, as you would expect the faults of them then now have been worked out of them and solutions found. They actually one of the easiest cars to restore because you can now by all parts now new. It would be interesting to put a Cx turbo motor in one, as they are essentially the same motor.

 

[Warwick C]

It may be a similar situation with these new space saver tires, that was just taken to the next level.

There was new car they were trying that may have had a higher percentage, they kept flipping it over the nose.

I may have some thing more one it it was like the post war micro cars. If I can find it I'll put it up.

 

[Warwick C]

The Citroen lady bird

 

[Judge]

The Citroen lady bird

Whew...that's quite a wheelbase!