Sunday, December 27, 2015

6 year later update on the Citreon that was cannabilized to make a scooter to get out of the Sahara back in 1993


http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/12/survival-of-innovator-broken-2cv-no.html  for the original story I posted in 2009


His ingenious engineering saw him convert the car's rear bumper into a rudimentary seat, shorten the chassis, and place the engine and gearbox in the middle to create a vehicle which somehow kept going long enough to transport him to safety.


The 43-year-old had been driving his Citroen 2CV across the desert from the Moroccan city of Tan-Tan.

The going was easy and he regularly fell off the seat, which was made from part of the car's rear bumper. After a day of riding Emile was picked up by the Moroccan police who drove him to the nearest village. They also handed him a hefty fine because the registration documents for his car no longer corresponded to what he was driving.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2168061/French-electrician-stranded-Moroccan-desert-rebuilt-wrecked-car-motorbike-drove-civilisation.html

original post http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/12/survival-of-innovator-broken-2cv-no.html

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