I was going to pass on this episode, as the 2CV doesn't really interest me. I am really glad I decided to watch. It was ... as usual... a bigger story than you think.
Same here. I have an appreciation for the 2CV and what it did in its time, but they've never appealed. I'm here cos it's Jonnyvision & his enthusiasm! (Although the 2CV and Renault 4 are particularly good at herding sheep, in a dry field!) If it does get too much for you, though, Jonny, I can assist in the disposal of the carcass...! 😉
My first girlfriends family had 2 or 3 of these inckuding a dolly and a charleston. I was so taken with their character, I bought one myself. It was my first car, a 1987 in gleaming Ferrari red. It was spotless. I used to roll the roof back, stick the surfboards in the passenger seat while a mate sat in the back and would drive it 60 odd miles to North Devon coast and back. Cost me £900 in 1993 and I sold it in 1995 for a £1000. It didn't go wrong in 2 years. Great memories 👌 Can't wait for the next episode!
Loved this Jonny, I have a 1959 425cc and is restored. I just entered a local classic car show and probably only 10% of the people get it. Lots of snide comments like where is the engine and death trap but the highlight for me was an old couple probably in their 80s. The husband was describing my car to his wife and he asked if she could touch it. It turns out she was blind and they must of owned one back in the day. She felt her away around my car with a huge grin and I let her sit in and enjoy the deck chair seats. Lovely moment for both of us, clearly a small percentage still love the 2CV. ❤
I can't believe anybody keen on classic cars would make snide remarks about a 2CV. They are amazing cars that were way ahead of their time, were beautifully designed and 100 times more reliable than anything from the UK. The fact they were built for so many years is testament to how great a design they are.
Aw Jonny, I could watch hours of that! Wonderful stuff, the way the little thing scampered into the garage for some attention. Absolutely loved it! 👏👏👏
@@TheLateBrakeShow There are so many details, from door hinges to headlight height adjustment, from trunk lid stabilizer to self-balancing 3-lug rims, from distributorless ignition to engine hood hinge.
I’m 46 this year. I’ve gone from hating these things to really… like REALLY want one. Gorgeous ❤. ( just to be clear I’ve only just started to like the E-type 🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️)
My dad had a Dyane in the mid-eighties. Whenever we drove past someone from school I used to hide in the footwell! Strange how your tastes change - I'd love one now
Really pleased to see you joining 2CV ownership.I bought my first one aged 61. Its the most fun you can have at legal speeds and you will always drive it smiling. With only 29bhp @6,750rpm you need to be on it all the time to get the best out of it. You will already appreciate just how well designed and well engineered they are. That rusty skip will live again, Darrens confidence and the boys at the 2CV shop will help you sort it out I am sure.
Welcome to 2CVing, I've owned them since I was 12 (my first was an AMI 8 bought for £5 😂). There's nothing like them, so characterful, so useable, and so easy to work on! Enjoy every minute of it! she's going to be a beauty ❤❤❤
I've been watching your channel for many years, Jonny, so pleased to see you've discovered the charm of the 2CV. As a proud 2CV owner since the 1990s, I've been looking forward to this series dropping on the Tube.. Very pleased to know you're keeping the patination as much as possible. Darren is right to say it'll be a very reliable car. I've had my current 2CV, a 1988 car, since 2002. It was sitting on just over 70,100 miles when bought. I've taken it round the clock twice over the last 22 years. It's now sitting on a few miles short of 276,000 miles. The barrels and pistons were replaced at 250,000.
@crashbox7130 I really don't get the 2CV thing! But then I've never driven one. There's plenty car guys that sing their praises, so I definitely will drive one someday. It was interesting to see how they are built so simply and with as little parts as they could get away with
Loved watching these racing in the 80s, it was so funny seeing them toppling over in the corners one after the other!! They were clearly not meant to race but so much fun to watch 😂
Well done Jonny! Great first episode. The phone/hand held camera style suits the whole idea behind the 2CV’s resurrection. Can’t wait for the next instalment!🐌🐌🐌
My great uncle was a mechanic. He did some work on an FJ ute and the guy didn't pay him. So he parked it out the back and 20 years later it was still there with a tree growing through it! By that time it would have so valuable if it was in good condition.
Ly-ken Johnny 😂 All jokes aside, I’m very excited for the project, glad you are rescuing this gem. Maybe you can grow back some of the lichen and moss using yogurt on protected panels
I've wanted a 2cv for a while, beyond my budget unfortunately however when you did your ecv video I spotted that car, it's perfect that patination is beautiful!
When you are done you should consider olive drab canvas for the top and some artifical moss decorations for the bumper to keep the original asthetic which was quite David The Gnome chik.
Been looking forward to this video series since the beginning of the year! I've also been restoring my 2cv since then, hopefully I'm on the home stretch now and cannot wait to have it back. Welcome to the brethren Jonny!
I was about to comment that you should leave it unpainted when you said you were going to do exactly that! It will look great once all the fittings and mechanicals are smart and working, and the bodywork is just repaired and solid. That car is already 61, but will soon be refurbished, yet still looking 61! Good plan and I’ll enjoy watching it being executed by you and your friends.
Some cars just want to be saved, this is one of them, I truly believe sometimes the car almost chooses it's owner, this 2cv has been flirting with you the last couple of years or so while you didn't know it, like a really friendly version of Christine good luck with the resuscitation
Lovely project Jonny! I allways had a weak point for the 2cv ! My first car was an Acadiane ! The sound, the smell, the driving experience gives you a smile from ear to ear! Can’t wait for the second, third, fourth and fifth part! 👍🏻👍🏻🆙
Very nice one. I am thinking about buying a 2CV van (AK400) for quite some time now and it seems they are really nice to work on. I will follow this series.
My mum had one for years and i remember that the starter motor died but because the car was so light with some careful parking we just bump started it every time. Much more charm than the two Tesla in the background.
Utterly fabulous content as always. You inspire me to keep things simple, no unnecessary hype and amateur dramatics. One of my favourite cars and this is now one of my favourite videos ❤
As a happy owner of a 1974 model, I can only appreciate this project, it's a good thing to keep the patina of the original body, it has so much more charm, can't wait to see the rest 🤩👍
Well done Johnny, its the most fun going around corners at speed youll ever have driving a car, it just wont tip over going forwards, just remember dont do it in reverse oir it will tip over, I restored one about ten years ago Now paid to have the floors replaced which was expensive, put in the electronic ignition and repainted the wings coach painting them with red hammerite paint in my living room in January with the heating on, the red hammerite smooth matched the red paint beautifuly. I added lots of upgrade parts and it passed its MOT first attempt, I found the inboard front brakes to be a bit of pain to adjust and the rear drums bound a little for a while until they settled in. All in all a lot of fun even for a six ft 6inch tall driver with my eyeline level with the top frame of the windscreen. I think the seat rubbers were the most expensive of everything purchased there are a 100 in the back seat and they are a pound each for the good ones. Enjoy.
I'm loving this Jonny! I used to own a 1969 AZAM 2CV with the smaller engine that I putted together with my late grandad, I freaking miss them both! Wating for the rest of the series!!!
He knows how to play the long game if he knew you're feeling sympathetic towards it and then kept sending you photos of it suffering! I would definitely have kept the moss on the bumper, though. I have no need for a second car but every time I'm prompted to think about 2CVs I increasingly imagine getting one... so this could be a dangerous project to follow, hehe.
Love this car, definitely a must to keep on the road, the suicide doors are fab and I would personally keep the patination , imagine peoples faces when you pull off with a big silly grin on your face 😁.
Brilliant Jonny love this can’t believe how quick that started 🤣🤣looking forward to part 2 well done you Darren and his team for cracking on and getting this old beauty back on road well done guys 👍🏽
Its just so cool. I did say its one I'd buy off you in the future. Its a true Hoodride. Sorted underneath yet proud of its 60 plus years wear and tear and that baked exterior makes any bit of chrome pop. Just perfect.
Absolutely love this. Iv had a hankering for a 2cv for years now. My buddy bought one about 15 years ago on a galvanized chassis. He has another now that he plans on engine swapping a BMW bike engine in to. Think it's about 100 bhp ish. Doesn't sound much but power to weight is mad good. Can't wait to see more of this. Do think you should have left the moss tho 🤦
Awesome Johnny! Absolutely fantastic. Good lad for saving this beaut. Your efforts are much appreciated, this will be a a vey inspiring and interesting series. Your joy is contagious
This is brilliant! Love it! I could seem all the excitement on your face! If you ever get time, I could really see you team up with Tasty Classics on a rescue or a project. You two would be wonderful together.
Never really liked 2CV`s but as i head full speed into my fifties i am craving simplicity in everything. Saw a 2CV at Goodwood breakfast club yesterday and had a proper look! Fantastic episode as always. Seems that old buggy is gonna be a star now after all that time waiting for you Jonny. Great channel.
My first girlfriends family had 2 or 3 of these inckuding a dolly and a charleston. I was so taken with their character, I bought one myself. It was my first car, a 1987 in gleaming Ferrari red. It was spotless. I used to roll the roof back, stick the surfboards in the passenger seat while a mate sat in the back and would drive it 60 odd miles to North Devon coast and back. Cost me £900 in 1993 and I sold it in 1995 for a £1000. It didn't go wrong in 2 years. Great memories 👌 Can't wait for the next episode!
@@TheLateBrakeShow I've fitted a 'solid state' coil to my 2CV, which is also fitted with a Dutch electronic ignition called 123ignition, and apart from a yellow rubber seal rather than a black rubber seal, is identical to the original 2CV coil fitted by Citroen. The original 2CV coil is filled with oil that acts as a coolant. The oil dries out over time and the coil overheats and fails.
The aluminium grille with the big chevrons, is the best 2CV grille. I transferred mine between cars, and still have it as a workshop decoration. Swop it's feeble little headlamps for, 7 in H4 Cibies (as on a Lotus 7 clone) and drive just as fast at night.
Jonny, brilliant job on taking on this as a project, I totally feel your sentiment for its appearance and respect your vision for simple classic motoring. I have recently sort of entered the 2CV world, I am now the custodian of my fathers 2017 Pembleton which has a 602cc 2CV engine on twin Del’Orto carbs, with finned heads and no cooling fan - it’s great fun, as you know, a bit like riding a classic motorcycle, while being seated 4 inches of the tarmac !
I'd even go, mechanically for the full Monty: Visa 652ccm......The Frankenstein version's the GS/Ami Super 1015cc engine & running gear. Went like the flipping clappers......Wishing you all the best 🙏💫👍
❤❤ lol... how ironic loving jonny smith and wat he does ... darren Arthur i sued to work for... hes great to.... hes loved the 2 cv since i can remember:):) xxxx
With this car in your collection, you could have your own: "FOQ/ME" (FESTIVAL OF QUAINT/MILDLY EXCEPTIONAL... I doubt the abbreviation for the event will present problems.) Can't wait to see the patina really come out in the bidywork. Something suggests you know what you're on about when suggesting a wax to seal it in.
fantastic series Jonny. This may sound weird but i like to name my vehicles and thought of a name for this one based off reg number. Anya. Always had a soft spot for 2CVs. 🙂
Clear coat it Jonny. It's brilliant patina for sure!! Greetings from the Netherlands PS: Growing up in the Somme in the 80's, the neighbouring farmer had one old 2cv in a field. You could just about recognise it used to be a 2cv, but it was honestly more rust than car. I could still sit 'in' it (roof gone) and pretend to drive it. Vroom vroom.. Great times.
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I was going to pass on this episode, as the 2CV doesn't really interest me. I am really glad I decided to watch. It was ... as usual... a bigger story than you think.
This is music to our ears. Really glad you enjoyed the rescue, the first start and the full strip within a day!
Same. I don't appreciate their looks at all, but the work going in is interesting!
The 2CV ambivalence is sad.
Same here. I have an appreciation for the 2CV and what it did in its time, but they've never appealed. I'm here cos it's Jonnyvision & his enthusiasm! (Although the 2CV and Renault 4 are particularly good at herding sheep, in a dry field!)
If it does get too much for you, though, Jonny, I can assist in the disposal of the carcass...! 😉
My first girlfriends family had 2 or 3 of these inckuding a dolly and a charleston. I was so taken with their character, I bought one myself.
It was my first car, a 1987 in gleaming Ferrari red. It was spotless. I used to roll the roof back, stick the surfboards in the passenger seat while a mate sat in the back and would drive it 60 odd miles to North Devon coast and back.
Cost me £900 in 1993 and I sold it in 1995 for a £1000.
It didn't go wrong in 2 years.
Great memories 👌
Can't wait for the next episode!
Loved this Jonny, I have a 1959 425cc and is restored. I just entered a local classic car show and probably only 10% of the people get it. Lots of snide comments like where is the engine and death trap but the highlight for me was an old couple probably in their 80s. The husband was describing my car to his wife and he asked if she could touch it. It turns out she was blind and they must of owned one back in the day. She felt her away around my car with a huge grin and I let her sit in and enjoy the deck chair seats. Lovely moment for both of us, clearly a small percentage still love the 2CV. ❤
I can't believe anybody keen on classic cars would make snide remarks about a 2CV. They are amazing cars that were way ahead of their time, were beautifully designed and 100 times more reliable than anything from the UK. The fact they were built for so many years is testament to how great a design they are.
Saving 2CVs is a good thing!
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You're clearly all in mate. And we're all frothing with voyeuristic anticipation for you! Get it done, all aboard for the ratty 2CV train 🚂🚂🚂
Yeah they do grow on you
like LIKEN lichen, surely
My aunty has had many 2cv's over the year. Strangely beautiful little cars.
Aw Jonny, I could watch hours of that! Wonderful stuff, the way the little thing scampered into the garage for some attention. Absolutely loved it! 👏👏👏
Glad you enjoyed it. The car has progressed really nicely, and you'll see the next 2 episodes v soon (already edited and ready).
@@TheLateBrakeShowif the engines knackered I vote for a subaru flat 4 being 'persuaded' in, that would be a hoot!
@@maybenot6075 A more "appropriate" option would be a BMW flat win air cooled.
Engineering Genius the 2cv ❤️
It really is, esp the suspension
@@TheLateBrakeShow There are so many details, from door hinges to headlight height adjustment, from trunk lid stabilizer to self-balancing 3-lug rims, from distributorless ignition to engine hood hinge.
I’m 46 this year. I’ve gone from hating these things to really… like REALLY want one. Gorgeous ❤. ( just to be clear I’ve only just started to like the E-type 🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️)
Am I the only one who wishes the Renault 4 was as popular and obtainable today as the 2CV is ?
No ? Only me ?
My dad had a Dyane in the mid-eighties. Whenever we drove past someone from school I used to hide in the footwell! Strange how your tastes change - I'd love one now
This story is a common one with cars that you had to live with, to later realising how cool they are. Wisdom grows with age?
@@TheLateBrakeShow Oh I'm nothing if not wise!
@@TheLateBrakeShowItry to hide when I'm driving my electric car.
A sweet sweet example of the marque you could say.
Sweet, sweet survivor of a charming vintage era.
From the Sixshtieeesh as well
Love how eager it was to strike up … it wants to live and be used again.
Love a good rescue mission, especially one by a Mr Jonny Smith!
A wonderous project! Love the 2Cv. Andrew Frankel and Chris Harris now have a new member to the 2Cv journalist owners club 😊👍
Really pleased to see you joining 2CV ownership.I bought my first one aged 61. Its the most fun you can have at legal speeds and you will always drive it smiling. With only 29bhp @6,750rpm you need to be on it all the time to get the best out of it. You will already appreciate just how well designed and well engineered they are. That rusty skip will live again, Darrens confidence and the boys at the 2CV shop will help you sort it out I am sure.
Welcome to 2CVing, I've owned them since I was 12 (my first was an AMI 8 bought for £5 😂). There's nothing like them, so characterful, so useable, and so easy to work on! Enjoy every minute of it! she's going to be a beauty ❤❤❤
I had a Diane 35 years ago, after 3 x CX's and a BX. The Diane was by far, my favourite !
Yes a great car just loved it, it was like driving a balloon 🚗
Yessss!!!!! What an awesome little classic. I do love the van style as well.
I've been watching your channel for many years, Jonny, so pleased to see you've discovered the charm of the 2CV. As a proud 2CV owner since the 1990s, I've been looking forward to this series dropping on the Tube.. Very pleased to know you're keeping the patination as much as possible. Darren is right to say it'll be a very reliable car. I've had my current 2CV, a 1988 car, since 2002. It was sitting on just over 70,100 miles when bought. I've taken it round the clock twice over the last 22 years. It's now sitting on a few miles short of 276,000 miles. The barrels and pistons were replaced at 250,000.
@crashbox7130 I really don't get the 2CV thing! But then I've never driven one. There's plenty car guys that sing their praises, so I definitely will drive one someday. It was interesting to see how they are built so simply and with as little parts as they could get away with
Loved watching these racing in the 80s, it was so funny seeing them toppling over in the corners one after the other!! They were clearly not meant to race but so much fun to watch 😂
That patina would be perfect for a clear coat.
It would be better painted in period Colors
Clear coat will not save it.
Matt clear coat
Deffo needs a respray, do not leave it like that.
Sweet patina sauce
Well done Jonny! Great first episode. The phone/hand held camera style suits the whole idea behind the 2CV’s resurrection. Can’t wait for the next instalment!🐌🐌🐌
Glad to hear it. Thank you for watching
It’s like a full size Tamiya kit, hilarious 🤣 Love it 😊
Crazy, but the good kind of crazy
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A children's car. You are the best Dad. Looking forward to videos of the smart roadster.
My great uncle was a mechanic.
He did some work on an FJ ute and the guy didn't pay him. So he parked it out the back and 20 years later it was still there with a tree growing through it! By that time it would have so valuable if it was in good condition.
Best era of 2cv & an Azam!
Agree. The Azam has the best of worlds.
Ly-ken Johnny 😂
All jokes aside, I’m very excited for the project, glad you are rescuing this gem. Maybe you can grow back some of the lichen and moss using yogurt on protected panels
Li-chin. Always will be.
@@TheLateBrakeShow I can’t knock a man of conviction
I love this car! My first car was a Dyane and what fun we had ❤️ I’d love a van on day…
The blue car at 09:10 is stunning!
Called a Burton. It's a 2cv kit car that you can buy.
@@TheLateBrakeShow in holland.
I am glad you do this sort of thing, Johnny. Because it means I don’t have to but I can still enjoy it from a safe distance..
It has the turbo tube, performance ignition coil and leads. Some serious work has been done to this engine.
I've wanted a 2cv for a while, beyond my budget unfortunately however when you did your ecv video I spotted that car, it's perfect that patination is beautiful!
I had an ex racer 2cv, it was a hoot to drive and taught you momentum conservation especially on roundabouts
You are doing a great charity work.
When you are done you should consider olive drab canvas for the top and some artifical moss decorations for the bumper to keep the original asthetic which was quite David The Gnome chik.
Hello EVERYONE! How enjoyable to watch this video. Wish all cars were this easy to take apart!! Best wishes from Lincolnshire!!
Been looking forward to this video series since the beginning of the year! I've also been restoring my 2cv since then, hopefully I'm on the home stretch now and cannot wait to have it back. Welcome to the brethren Jonny!
Thank you! Glad you have been excited to watch this one.
I was about to comment that you should leave it unpainted when you said you were going to do exactly that! It will look great once all the fittings and mechanicals are smart and working, and the bodywork is just repaired and solid. That car is already 61, but will soon be refurbished, yet still looking 61! Good plan and I’ll enjoy watching it being executed by you and your friends.
Every 2CV that has the potential for rescue SHOULD BE RESCUED…..in my opinion of course! 👍🏼👍🏼😃😃
Watching this spotted my old Red special B167 MBY looking great to see her again
You have to go 2CV ice racing in this! Love that old van too. Never really been into 2CVs, but that is very cool!
Some cars just want to be saved, this is one of them, I truly believe sometimes the car almost chooses it's owner, this 2cv has been flirting with you the last couple of years or so while you didn't know it, like a really friendly version of Christine good luck with the resuscitation
That's a solid little piece. Have fun!
Lovely project Jonny! I allways had a weak point for the 2cv ! My first car was an Acadiane ! The sound, the smell, the driving experience gives you a smile from ear to ear! Can’t wait for the second, third, fourth and fifth part! 👍🏻👍🏻🆙
Never seen one nekked. Amazingly utilitarian but practical. School ride in @ 1979 and pulled the wings off one, trying to get it out of a ditch
This is the most I’ve been excited for the channel in ages!!! Go Jonny, what a fleet you are putting together, pure class my friend
Very nice one. I am thinking about buying a 2CV van (AK400) for quite some time now and it seems they are really nice to work on.
I will follow this series.
So cool. I have a very stock vw t2 panel van with original (very faded) sign writing and distress original paint. Love that look
At 3.30 in Jonny says "There's so much to like".
Pretty much sums it all up. Cracking little fun car.
My mum had one for years and i remember that the starter motor died but because the car was so light with some careful parking we just bump started it every time. Much more charm than the two Tesla in the background.
Utterly fabulous content as always. You inspire me to keep things simple, no unnecessary hype and amateur dramatics.
One of my favourite cars and this is now one of my favourite videos ❤
Quite fitting that it has the Late Brakes on it.
Later Brake Show
Big boy's meccano, love it.
My first car, C382 CTA, a red 2cv special passed down from my dad. I'd love another
Definitely one for @hubnut
Hi Jonny, after a clean and dry I'd use Owatrol Oil to preserve it
Can't stand looking at"patina " because it will mean money in the end. Lovely old car though.
As a happy owner of a 1974 model, I can only appreciate this project, it's a good thing to keep the patina of the original body, it has so much more charm, can't wait to see the rest 🤩👍
I fully approve! ...and look fwd to watching this unfold.
Absolutely loved this!
I love it! It’s ideal - new undercarriage/engine with the most fantastic patina. Sort out all the rusty holes and then clearcoat it!
Love it! Such a beautiful honest video.
Well done Johnny, its the most fun going around corners at speed youll ever have driving a car, it just wont tip over going forwards, just remember dont do it in reverse oir it will tip over, I restored one about ten years ago Now paid to have the floors replaced which was expensive, put in the electronic ignition and repainted the wings coach painting them with red hammerite paint in my living room in January with the heating on, the red hammerite smooth matched the red paint beautifuly.
I added lots of upgrade parts and it passed its MOT first attempt, I found the inboard front brakes to be a bit of pain to adjust and the rear drums bound a little for a while until they settled in.
All in all a lot of fun even for a six ft 6inch tall driver with my eyeline level with the top frame of the windscreen.
I think the seat rubbers were the most expensive of everything purchased there are a 100 in the back seat and they are a pound each for the good ones. Enjoy.
I'm loving this Jonny! I used to own a 1969 AZAM 2CV with the smaller engine that I putted together with my late grandad, I freaking miss them both! Wating for the rest of the series!!!
Great to hear this has jogged the memories. Next episode next week.
What a great idea. I'm sorry for the previous owner. Sometimes life throws sh!t at you...
It seems to be a nice restoration project.
He knows how to play the long game if he knew you're feeling sympathetic towards it and then kept sending you photos of it suffering! I would definitely have kept the moss on the bumper, though.
I have no need for a second car but every time I'm prompted to think about 2CVs I increasingly imagine getting one... so this could be a dangerous project to follow, hehe.
Love this car, definitely a must to keep on the road, the suicide doors are fab and I would personally keep the patination , imagine peoples faces when you pull off with a big silly grin on your face 😁.
Brilliant Jonny love this can’t believe how quick that started 🤣🤣looking forward to part 2 well done you Darren and his team for cracking on and getting this old beauty back on road well done guys 👍🏽
Its just so cool. I did say its one I'd buy off you in the future. Its a true Hoodride. Sorted underneath yet proud of its 60 plus years wear and tear and that baked exterior makes any bit of chrome pop. Just perfect.
Absolutely love this. Iv had a hankering for a 2cv for years now. My buddy bought one about 15 years ago on a galvanized chassis. He has another now that he plans on engine swapping a BMW bike engine in to. Think it's about 100 bhp ish. Doesn't sound much but power to weight is mad good. Can't wait to see more of this. Do think you should have left the moss tho 🤦
Awesome Johnny! Absolutely fantastic.
Good lad for saving this beaut. Your efforts are much appreciated, this will be a a vey inspiring and interesting series.
Your joy is contagious
This is brilliant! Love it! I could seem all the excitement on your face!
If you ever get time, I could really see you team up with Tasty Classics on a rescue or a project. You two would be wonderful together.
Never really liked 2CV`s but as i head full speed into my fifties i am craving simplicity in everything. Saw a 2CV at Goodwood breakfast club yesterday and had a proper look! Fantastic episode as always. Seems that old buggy is gonna be a star now after all that time waiting for you Jonny. Great channel.
If I saw this on the garage forecourt, I would buy it, I love the simplicity of how they were put together, can’t wait for the next instalment ❤😊
My first girlfriends family had 2 or 3 of these inckuding a dolly and a charleston. I was so taken with their character, I bought one myself.
It was my first car, a 1987 in gleaming Ferrari red. It was spotless. I used to roll the roof back, stick the surfboards in the passenger seat while a mate sat in the back and would drive it 60 odd miles to North Devon coast and back.
Cost me £900 in 1993 and I sold it in 1995 for a £1000.
It didn't go wrong in 2 years.
Great memories 👌
Can't wait for the next episode!
Awesome memories. The convertible roof is practical stuff like plants, DIY... and surfboards
Did I hear "Harley Davidson coil - screams reliability"? lol
I knew we'd get trolled for that. Darren actually made me remove it...
@@TheLateBrakeShow I've fitted a 'solid state' coil to my 2CV, which is also fitted with a Dutch electronic ignition called 123ignition, and apart from a yellow rubber seal rather than a black rubber seal, is identical to the original 2CV coil fitted by Citroen. The original 2CV coil is filled with oil that acts as a coolant. The oil dries out over time and the coil overheats and fails.
Yeah, I did too. Got a quiet chuckle out of me it did. Just like Joseph Lucas; 'Prince of Darkness'.
So funny the irony 🤭
@@graemecatty9921 three positions on the lights:
Off
Dim
Blown
The aluminium grille with the big chevrons, is the best 2CV grille.
I transferred mine between cars, and still have it as a workshop decoration.
Swop it's feeble little headlamps for, 7 in H4 Cibies (as on a Lotus 7 clone) and drive just as fast at night.
Nice one Jonny, I am not a massive 2cv fan but i completely agree this car deserves a chance and I love the patina.
Jonny, brilliant job on taking on this as a project, I totally feel your sentiment for its appearance and respect your vision for simple classic motoring. I have recently sort of entered the 2CV world, I am now the custodian of my fathers 2017 Pembleton which has a 602cc 2CV engine on twin Del’Orto carbs, with finned heads and no cooling fan - it’s great fun, as you know, a bit like riding a classic motorcycle, while being seated 4 inches of the tarmac !
Lovely. They were simpler times Jonny.
I LOVE the 2CV and I am so pleased that you decided to rescue this one and to do the work with this personable and talented team!
2cv people seem to be very jolly people.
Absolutely love your barn finds, looking at your car collection, and your resto-modding. This ticks sll those boxes of the late brake venn diagram!
I love it! My 2cv is my favourite classic. I have owned cars like Interceptors, 500SL, 928s a 944 turbo, MGs etc, but the 2 CV is the most fun
I'd even go, mechanically for the full Monty: Visa 652ccm......The Frankenstein version's the GS/Ami Super 1015cc engine & running gear. Went like the flipping clappers......Wishing you all the best 🙏💫👍
About to step into the garage to work on my patina bug. Cheers from Texas.
❤❤ lol... how ironic loving jonny smith and wat he does ... darren Arthur i sued to work for... hes great to.... hes loved the 2
cv since i can remember:):) xxxx
I'm really hoping that you get the new roof sprayed to mimic the original crusty one - best of both worlds
Fantastic!!
I do love the sound of the engine. Takes me back. Ma had a 602cc Ami in the seventies.
Congrats on your new project car. Very cool little car, the beauty is in its utter simplicity. Your excitement is contagious. Cheers.
With this car in your collection, you could have your own:
"FOQ/ME"
(FESTIVAL OF QUAINT/MILDLY EXCEPTIONAL...
I doubt the abbreviation for the event will present problems.)
Can't wait to see the patina really come out in the bidywork. Something suggests you know what you're on about when suggesting a wax to seal it in.
Really looking forward to these!
lovely car. my mother owned one in the past. here in germany we call the 2cv “die Ente” (the Duck)
Delightful adventure.
fantastic series Jonny. This may sound weird but i like to name my vehicles and thought of a name for this one based off reg number. Anya. Always had a soft spot for 2CVs. 🙂
My sister in law is called Anya
My First ever car was a C reg 2cv 6 Speciale SPORT. Many great memories of late 90s misadventures in the Hampshire countryside.
I've always been a fan of these little cars ...couldn't think of a better project..
Loved this episode...! The more I see about 2cvs the more I like them. Champing at the bit to see the next episode...!
it is so nice to see how simple cars used to be. looking foreword to the next episodes
Clear coat it Jonny.
It's brilliant patina for sure!!
Greetings from the Netherlands
PS: Growing up in the Somme in the 80's, the neighbouring farmer had one old 2cv in a field.
You could just about recognise it used to be a 2cv, but it was honestly more rust than car.
I could still sit 'in' it (roof gone) and pretend to drive it.
Vroom vroom..
Great times.