Citroën 2CV looks right at home in New Orleans' French Quarter | Why I Drive #33
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- In 2021, few people own a Citroën 2CV for mere transportation. With their lawn chair interior, leather straps in lieu of a gas gauge, and 23-horsepower, air-cooled, two-cylinder engines, these 1100-pound French cars are a relic of a simpler time. They are also, for this 2CV's owner Sam Prokop, a connection to his homeland. Ride along as Sam and his beagle-lab mix pup, Roscoe, set out on their regular early-morning drive through New Orleans' French Quarter.
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As I was driving my new 2CV Charleston out of New Orleans on the freeway heading to stay with friends in Houston a Fiat came past in the right hand lane. His left hand drive and my right hand drive me we could shot at each other. He held up a black and white picture of a Citroen SM and yelled to me to pull into the next layby.
He had a Citroen SM, a DS safari and and Ami 6. He invited me back to stay with his family the week of Mardi Gras in suburban New Orleans. A rare treat.
Such a beautiful film - less is always more
The 2CV meeting with the H van... Perfect.
Legend says one of the slogans while developing the car was "4 roues sous un parapluie", it means: 4 wheels under an umbrella! and yet it is such a fun car, it has so much personality! Even in France you almost don't see them on the road anymore, its lovely to see one in use. Mes respects.
In France when summer comes they sprout out like flowers in the country side and in the coasts tho (especially the méhari variant)
Citroën était un nom Hollandais, en fait Citroen (sans points) ce qui veut dire citron, ce qui veut dire bagnole de merde en Anglais.
@@DrWhom 🤣🤣🤣
there are still a lot of 2CVs in France, but the owners are old people who don't want to drive them because they are afraid of damaging them...
I'm French and I've been driving a 2CV for 10 years now and in winter I hardly ever see one, it's sad
@@DrWhom dont be moron
I rode in a 1970 2CV outside of Paris as a passenger in the back seat. A French farmer and his wife were taking my wife and me to the train station over some very bumpy roads and even some unplanted fields with lots of holes. The ride was superb with absolutely so sense of the poor road conditions. The ride was smoother than my current 2017 Mercedes S550 sedan and that is saying a lot! A remarkable car all around. Vive la France and thank you for a wonderful video. Your car is a jewel!!
The suspension is utterly genius: completely simple, yet...better than most things that use ten times the components.
I found everything in this video enjoyable: the man, the dog, the car, the town. I owned a 2CV and, later, a Dyane 6 when I was young. Served me for 11 years. I miss those days. I am 68 now. I don't like modern cars where you have to be computer-savvy just to drive a car. The thought has crossed my mind to bring a 2CV into my life again. It would still get me from point A to point B, and be much more fun.
A few years ago I was on a trip to the Le Mans 24hr race weekend with a Porsche dealer customer group. One day we stopped at a rural French car museum, also visiting was a local 2CV owners club party, most of us Porsche drivers had car envy. What lovely machines they are.
Aircooled power 😎💪
In Greece their is pretty big number of 2CVs on the road. Where i live there are at least half a dozen in perfect condition and the owners use them a lot during summer time, which to be honest is almost an 8 month period over here. So, they're driven a lot!
Covering such a beautiful car on the 14th of July is a great homage. Thank you for that Hagerty!
Much love from France to Sam and Roscoe
There are some cars that you just have to drive once in your life. A classic mini, a Citroen DS, an original fiat 500 and a of course the majestic 2cv.
Releasing this on 14 July - Bastille Day! I see what you did there 😉👍 A nice little subtlety. So glad to see Why I Drive back online
thanks for the catch! That is actually quite awesome!
Chill car, chill dog, and a stop for espresso. That sounds like a good relaxing morning.
Nespresso!
Parents had one when I was a teenager. A two-tone 2CV Charleston.
First car I ever drove, prior starting training for my driver’s license I drove up and down our dirt road with my dad in the passenger seat. Still remember the gearshift pattern (dogleg 1st). I am a huge fan of the simplicity of the 2CV - the closest a car owner can get to not own a car. If you don’t like or appreciate the 2CV it’s because you don’t know about or understand the circumstances that brought the car into the world.
The closest a car owner can get to not own a car. You nailed it.
Ahhh...c'est genial mon gars! Moi j'ai la plus vielle en Californie. Une type A de 1954.
Always thought the ideal car for New Orleans was something very small and classic, with lots of suspension travel. The 2CV never came to mind, but it's so obvious now.
either that or a Jeep! Orleans parish isn't drivable off of main roads without an off-road vehicle!
@@Sean-Ax try a 2cv "sahara" might be a bit expensive though
I love the Why I Drive series.
We all have a car that makes sense to our lives, that fits us and our needs, our esthetics, and our sensibilities, that maybe other people don't understand. But this series gives us a look at the way the pieces fit, lets us see how the right tool for the job that needs doing is different depending on whose needs are being met, and what the job is.
There is a reason I chose an Impala in Lifted Truck Country in the Canadian Rockies... just like there is a reason everyone choses what they do. I love hearing the reasons people do what they do.
you are driving a piece of art, and art is in the driving experience
Yeah, I would be proud to drive that Citroen 2CV just the way it is, too cool.😎👍🇨🇦
Brilliant! My dog hates my 2cv, he loves going for trips until it's revealed just what car we're going in, spoiled little thing. Fabulous video!
Fabulous
Love the 2CV, the doggy, the storytelling, the footage, just everything
Thank you for sharing this piece of your life with us. Here in the UK, I feel exactly the same way 😊. Now aged 77, I bought my wife a 1986 2CV green/white Dolly 35-40 years ago.
Last March we crazily agreed to buy another to celebrate my successful radiation treatment for prostate cancer. A second lease of life 🙏. A 1987 model having the same colours.
We have done some renovating, like seats, new exhaust and engine filler/breather (stopped oil leaks), relined dash, etc. Local services won't touch it so I enjoyed bringing my old experience back into good use. Very satisfying. Also the smiles, waves, horn toots, photographs and comments by people everywhere. We love our little car, the journey being the best part of a trip out.
Here at our caravan near Blackpool, I am about to give it a wash and polish. Happy 2CV'ing.
As someone who is in a love/hate relationship with his French cars I think we need more French car content on TH-cam.
You're in luck. There is a metric ton of Citroën Deux Chevaux content on TH-cam. I have personally watched hundreds of hours of 2CV videos.
Congrats Sam!!! I've the same 2 cv @ Uruguay, she is a 1962, soo lovely!
GENIAL !! merci pour ce petit morceau de France en Amérique pour le 14 juillet. Much appreciated !
The way you talk, drive and enjoy is the same as I do driving my 2 cv AK 400. Thank you for the pleasant story.
Beautiful piece! Certainly it’s not about the destination it’s about the path getting there.
There's something in these cars that makes impossible to leave them. 20 years in my dyane and I'm not tired, I can't imagine me without it.
A girl use to park a van like that selling coffee on Magazine Street in front of the old Harry's Ace Hardware that was in an old Ford Model T dealership. I'd been going in there for 50 years and loved seeing the truck. I live 2 blocks from there and loved seeing that car riding around the French quarter.
That seems like the perfect "drive with your dog" car :)
It is, they love to stuck their snoot into the front air flap
Enjoying life with what you've got and being happy.Thats a blessing
There is nothing like driving a 2cv really, rounding corners in second gear... The howling engine. Still gives me the thrills, love it. Nice video, keep her rolling ❣️
Wow, could he look any more at home in the 2CV? Amazing.
Yes, in France, preferably Paris
@@lemonjellies4985 nah, in France in the remote and forgetten country side. It's its birth place and where it was engineered for
One of the best short films about an old 2CV, well done !
I sure liked the Espresso Truck ! What a neat look. I like that he and Roscoe play the game of finding the truck and the prize is a smile, handshake, and a good cup of espresso.
My uncle and I managed to go 110 km/h (down a hill) in his 2CV. It was the most raw vehicular experience of my life.
Holy crap! I am envious 😂 Better than a Bugatti Veyron at 250 km/h 😁
I couldn't agree more with you on the driving pleasure of driving a 2 cv. I have now an 1983 Charleston. That is my number 3. I am now 73 years old and still love the 2cv....As a family car my wife have an Volvo xc 90..........
My dad has one, and gave me one in parts when i graduated. We're building it together now, its amazing! Really fun to drive
This guy....livin the good life!
I’ve only been a passenger in a fully loaded 2CV once back in the 1980’s , oh boy did it lean in the corners. It was hilarious. Fantastic film, lovely Car and Type H van and that dog is beautiful. What a lucky man.
Funny, these were common on the streets (Netherlands) when I was young, now it is an attraction. I even got a ride in one of them when I was hitch hiking. ;-)
5:39 Minutes of pure Joy!
Wonderful video guys. Keep it up, amazing stuff
Love it, its the sister of mine ‘61 2cv. It has 12 hp instead of 23. It is not a racecar, it is better than that!:)
My father had one in 1972 and my cousin had a Diane. Good ol' memories.
Daily driving a 2cv6 in Argentina in 2021
1960, 425cc and 12hp.
Beautiful car!
What an amazing car the 2CV i love it!
Great video! Fun seeing the city. I chatted with Carbine about this video.
At the end of the day it is moving forward, what more needs to be said !
Authenticite,simplicite, passion. Excellente video. Merci.
This was truly beautiful.
Love it. What more could you need than a 2CV!
I can resonate with him. I drive a 1971 super beetle, which I call a piece of German heritage as well.
By modern standards, she isn't fast. On expressway, I prefer to cruise with the top down at the speed our cargo van and trucks are travelling on the slow lane especially during evening.
I love the natural winds blowing in my face than a modern air conditioner. Being a super, ride can be just as comfortable as a budget compact sedan.
Buggest of all, it bring smiles on the road, to pedestrians who Thumbs up and appreciate the car as I do.
The tin snail a thing of beauty
It would be great if you make a video with a Renault 4
Some poetry in this wild world. Greetings from France. There is still some 2CV and Dyane in the place I live, most of it are vans for delivery or artisan, some farm roads are very damaged, and that car accept every roads. It was build to bring eggs from the farm to the village thru the field and not breaking one, after all ^^.
I have a lot of cool cars, but there is nothing like driving my 2CV through the historic district of Savannah.
Fantastic video, it has been very touching, with your pet. Good 2cv unit, thank you very much for sharing the video with us. All the best from Spain
Very beautiful movie. Thanks for sharing these moments with us
Beautiful condition - cute doggie - drive myself a 2 CV and 100% agree. Great little Video!
So cool to see this and the H van in Louisiana! What a cool guy and a great video!
I've wanted a 2CV since seeing the Mythbusters disassembling one. You don't even need tools to remove the hood - perfect for easy maintenance.
you need a 10mm (brake cylinders), an 11mm wrench (almost everything), a 14mm (brakes), a 14mm T wrench (to disassemble the fan and access the distributor), a 17mm (body and gearbox) and a 19mm (body), with that, a screwdriver, some wires and duct tape you can go everywhere. Special tools: a 32mm (front transmission axles) and a 44mm (rear brake drums), but you won't use these 2 en 10 yrs.
@@eduardosantabaya5348 You need a special tool to dissassemble the springs in the engine also.
I am amazed: the model you are showing is from the 60s! How he manager to keep the engine operating is a mistery.
Beautiful!
Absolutely. More smiles per mile in a 2CV - makes friends everywhere you go.
I drove my new 1982 RHD 2CV6 Charleston in red and black through the French Quarter of New Orleans traffic.
A police car stopped and the cop got out holding his hand up for me to stop.
I poked out my head through the roof and he produced a camera from behind his back in his other hand.
He just wanted a photo of a classic ritzy model 2CV in the French Quarter.
I was enroute for Paris to Australia via Europe, England, Ireland, Canada and the USA for 15 months.
Fabulous.
Hi ,Stephen, I'm just curious, how does one apply to be able to drive their overseas vehicle in say Australia (I'm Australian), I remember seing a BMW Dakar model road registered motorcycle in Australia about 10 years ago with European plates and everything, at first I thought it was only as a memento of his home town for the owner, then I realised he was riding on a holiday permit?
@@kenlee-97 Hi Ken, it is possible to bring a car currently registered overseas for temporary use importation.
It needs to have valid current foreign registration.
Import license permit from customs.
You may have to lodge an import tax / sales tax bond to ensure it is reexported and not sold in Australia.
You have to have Compulsory Third Party Insurance.
In 1993 I bought in a foreign tourist registered tax free car for a year of exhibitions, motor shows and charity events.
I got CTP and comprehensive insurance with the NRMA.
@@kenlee-97 If you are a tourist and the car has current registration overseas and you have comprehensive insurance for those countries that you drive through it should be ok.
After 5 months crossing Canada and US I was only challenged once by a cop who pulled me over on a freeway overpass as I was headed into San Franscisco. Told me I could not drive in California on those plates..
I showed his the French Tourist Transit Rego and the US/Canada insurance. He was showing off to his young rookie...
Saying - "If I see you again I will book you."
Irony... I heard a beeping from the road below. It was a rare Citroen DS. He yelled to pull off the next exit. He gave me the address of two brothers who were Citroen mechanics and experts in 2CVs. They serviced the car and replace the front disc pads. I stayed with them for 2 weeks.
Some places you need a transit carnet. Like a car visa... eg South America or Africa...
1:24 “I will take this car across country tomorrow in the state she is”
I hope you mean on backroads and with a lot of tools and parts. Cross country is a long way.
That’s a great little city car but I wouldn’t take it on the highway or for such great distances. Fantastic story and I wish him the best with it. Glad he’s driving it. Happy Motoring!
I drove 2 times from germany to marocco when l was young in a 2cv and had a lot of fun but no problems .l should have kept them .A friend of mine drove to afghanistan in the late 70th and back.
I lot of 2cv people love to travel this way. They're pretty reliable. Also, you don't have to be handy to own them. They're just that easy to fix.
I've driven one from Adelaide Sth Australia to Brisbane in Queensland, it was easy, yes a little bit slow but who cares, as long as nobody gets hurt, Rj in Oz
Germany to Morocco is about 1,600 miles (3300 km)
Adelaide to Brisbane about 1,250 miles (2000 km)
“Cross-country” in the US is at a minimum of 2,500 miles (4,000 km)
I get where you all are coming from. It’s reliable and easy to work on. But for me, there’s no way I’m driving that on any 70+mph highway or even backroads for 2,500 miles.
50,000 mile at wide open throttle failure testing. That's the criteria it met.
Beautifully explained and demonstrated! Thanks!
It has everything that is needed, including charm.
Correcte! D'accord. I have one and feel the same way. There are automobiles and then there are 2CV's. I have to talk to Hagerty about a cross country trip for a 2CV get-together.
I've seen this car running around!
There's also a Citroen Delivery vehicle at a Bignet place off veteran's highway in Metairie
Great car, loved the Harris vs Frankel 2CV race on the Top Gear channel.
Surface rust on a 2cv....is a hole.........the steel is so thin., the paint is structural..It ' s a steel tent on a sardine can chassis., they are brilliant., but don't have an accident.. I was in a Citroën BX on a stormy night on the road into London from Rochester and was passed by a 2 drive by a youth....it was teaming with rain., and it's bicycle thin tyres scythed through the standing rain to get grip on the slicked black top., amazing..
What a lovely car, so old and yet turning more heads and creating more smiles than any supercar could. I have a feeling that any repairs could be done in a day with basic hand tools and a Haynes manual
Cute doggy, love the story.
Funny, the architecture in the “French Quarter” of New Orleans is Spanish architectural. Go figure.
French colonial looks spanish. U know Neighbors.
@@jusezava Not exactly. New Orleans was founded in 1718 by the French Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne. But, in 1762 until 1805 was Spanish. Because of natural disasters and fires, most of the city was destroyed by the end of the XVIII century. The architecture you see today in the old quarters is Spanish style, not French (not exactly similar).
@@jacobopm while I won’t disagree with you about the history, I will disagree about the architecture being “Spanish styled”. I’ve been nearly everywhere in Spain and I’ve never seen a city in Spain that resembles New Orleans. I would say New Orleans architecture is a blend of both nations architectures but not an orthodox approach of neither one. Uniquely New Orleans.
Sor Citroën
To me it matches because it looks old and the car looks old.
you're such a character with that car of yours
A friend had one in -80s he came to visit and there was no place to turn around, so when he was going he just bent down and picked the front up with one hand while talking , walked around and sat it down and said good bye 😂
I own a 2CV MY1964. The same as as yours « vert embrun » . Have nice trips! Eric from France
Very nice film. Thank you!
Engine sounds 😊 great
23horsepower! It’s the fast one!
Great stuff! Roscoe is a star.
A really brilliant construction all the way!
I had one of these "tin snails " in London in 1977. Mine was a 1964 car, left hand drive, and was so much fun to drive. Unbelievable fuel economy, such as 50 miles per gallon. Not fast just leisurely speed ,and very dependable, because there was not much that could go wrong. The starter motor mounted at the front was also the generator, regarding the centrifugal clutch, all very nice but a nightmare on a mountain downhill run because you cannot engage any gear to slow the car down , instead you have to rely on the inboard drum brakes in the front to slow down. By the time you reach the end of the downhill run, your brakes are completely useless and probably ovalized drums.
I am sorry but the starter motor was NEVER the generator. On ALL 2CV models from the beginning the starter motor is mounted on the gearbox support. On older models like the one in the video the starter is operated by pulling a cable from the passenger compartment, on newer models it is operated by a solenoid.
Just saw one of these on a flatbed a couple of weeks ago in Traverse on Park street downtown. Man is it small. LOL
Pretty cool short....
Roscoe!!!!
😍😍😍
Wonderful video! Thank you!!!
1:35 - the look of an embarrassed dog
Legend car
Why the dog name is Roscoe? Rosco's dog name was "Flash".
Oh my! I watched too much "the Dukes of Hazzard" when I was kid. 😂
Very nice homage of the legendary 2CV. It fits indeed perfectly to New Orleans.
Your power rating is very optimistic!!!!
Soy un privilegiado de tener un Citröen Deux Chevaux en mi galpón. Pronto saldremos a andar.. Saludos desde Argentina.
Congrat from France 👌
Love it!
2CV?
Oui !
Cosita bella
Cosita bien hecha
Voiture de génie inventée par un constructeur de génie qui avait créé la Traction avant. André Citroën, parti trop tôt, n'a pas connu la la 2CV mais ses ingénieurs ont su faire perdurer le génie de la marque. Sorry I'm french ! ...and I love the Citroën cars up to the C5 & C6, after... bof! like others cars. My father had a lot of Citroën from the Traction avant to the BX, I grew up in this atmosphere.
Awesome
Hey congratulations for this video. I’m from Argentina, I’m 69 year old. In 1965, qué hay was a 13 year old young boy, my father brought his fist new car. It was a 2cv very similar to your 2cv, an Argentine made version. The 2cv of my father was almost equal to this. Same fuel metering “system”, only 4 windows, same dashboard (very very simple), the same centrifugal clutch. Here it was very strange because it looked like an almost automatic gear, , that here they only had a few American cars. Your video is very good!, it has brought me fond memories that I have shared with my son. Just one doubt, really has 23 hp your 2cv.?. The 2cv made in Argentina had only 14 hp, I remember it very well.
You are right. 23 HP is too much for the 425cc engine. Engine Citroën 2CV AZAM (1963-1967) Type of engine: 2 cylinders flat: Petrol Energy: Layout: Longitudinal front: Carburetor -Distribution Central camshaft: Number of valves 2 per cylinder: Bore & Stroke 66.0 x 62.0 mm: Displacement 425 cc: Compression 7.5: Power 18 horsepower at 5000 rpm