DUCKTRUCK and

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After owning a CRX V-Tec for some years ( and paying a lot of speeding tickets ) Cora decided it was time for something a little slower, yet special. She found it at a Citroen show here in Utrecht. It's a 2CV from '87, converted to a pick-up, built by D.Blaauw, 2 CV restorer in Lunteren. Talking about a little slower :))

It's got a new chassis, new tires, new suspension etc. It's also got a new registration as a pick-up.

We picked it up ( no pun intended ) Friday 11th. The guy that built it will put a Stainless Steel truck exhaust up along the driverside of the cabin, as soon as it arrives from England.

It's actually a 2CV cut in half, the rear section is a steel tubecage with a rounded polyesther backside ( scanned pictures will follow ). The front suspension is from a different type of Citroen, the Ami, which lowers this 2CV nicely. I never understood people riding these " Ugly Ducklings", but I have been riding around in it this weekend and my whole idea about this car has changed: It's fun!!

Under the pick-up bed is the spare wheel and the fueltank.

The powermonster: 603 cc and about 21 HP.

The interior is standard apart from the bench. No luxury here.

Cora had a "truck exhaust" installed by the builder. Originally it's a sidepipe for a "Lomax", a kind of sportscar on 2CVbase.

Looks good, but don't get the impression that it changed anything in sound or perfomance :)

Cora traded her CRX VTEC for a nice little motorcycle: a Honda Shadow 600 cc Special.

Now all she needs is a motorcycle driverslicense ;-)