Citroën 2CV - from James Bond's 'For Your Eyes Only'
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Citroën 2CV - from James Bond's 'For Your Eyes Only' |
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owned a 1:1 Citroen 2CV in 1981. I had previously owned a Volvo 164e, a
huge 3 litre gas guzzler with all the leather and chrome you could ever
want. I had also recently started dating my wife who then as now was a
frugal person and persuaded me to go for something a little more
economical. My view was not to do half a job and chopped the Volvo in
for one of these in pale jade green. I actually really liked it. It had
an unstoppable charm, it always worked and it would go anywhere. It also
saved me a heap of cash. During our courtship I landed a very good job with a company car, a Cavalier SRi. I kept the 2CV and once we were married I presented her with it. Two months later it was swapped in for a new Renault 5 Supercinq, so much for sauce, geese and ganders. This is another James Bond item. In the movie 'For Your Eyes Only' our hero is chased by the baddies while driving a 2CV, and this is a representation of it. In my 2CV owning days I bought a book of motoring magazine reviews of the car and there was one about the Bond 2CV. It was far from a standard car, having a 1300cc engine from the GS rather than its usual 603cc flat twin, which must have given it a bit of zip. Corgi made this car from 1981 to 1983. It is always yellow - the other colours have a different model number. |
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