2CV Question

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It's taken a while, but I had a camera when I visited my cousin with the 2CVs today! Even got to ride in the LHD 1960 semi auto & it's really nice.

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were do they live Peter

and its not quite semi auto, it will be a traffic clutch, this is like a centrifugal clutch, so you sit at junctions/traffic lights in gear with the clutch engaged, and when ready to take of just bring the revs up,
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I've heard about this "traffi-clutch" but never seen one, as Malcolm has said I thought it would be a centrifugal type assembly (no other easy way of doing it!) possibly similar to how the little Honda C50/C90 have I guess in some way.

I recall being told they are three rather than four speed with the centrifugal clutch though ? Not sure. Then again you'd only want 2/3/4 really I suppose.
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i dont recall how many gears they had, but i do remember them having a centrifugal clutch ( similar to the Daf Daffodil ), as set of the likes of small brake shoes with heavy springs and a conventional clutch plate,
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You are correct about the centrifugal clutch Malcolm, it has 4 gears & lives in Shadoxhurst Kent. We went for a ride in it.



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FYI some of the information we have , this type of small RPM adjustable Centrifugal clutch was [ developed] during the war as a power transfer system on Tiger/Panther and Tiger Ausf B tanks specifically for the cooling fan drives.......call it war booty as German developments were fair game. Identified in many ways, the lineage of the German work on this design (and other critical parts) is also evident in a number of truck makers in the UK/US and France as well

We have recently been digging very deep into these subjects.......http://www.theresearchsquad.com/
France was a big producer of engines and many components (as well as trucks/ammunition) from the plants captured and those under orders in Vichy provinces. Many workers were forced to Germany and much of the knowledge and many parts were already produced in France, this is a big factor in the success of the immediate post war french car/truck manufacture.

If anybody has some extra detailed drawings of the Citroen design I would very much like to see it.
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I went to buy some tools from an add in Glasgow a few months back.
On finding the address I could see the guy was a Citroen enthusiast. A Berlingo and a little soft top C1 sat in the drive. The prize was inside though with a beautiful original condition 2CV.
The Guy was quite a character and we spent ages talking. Maybe some of the 2cv brigade know him. His name is Joe Cent.
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Stickyfinger wrote: France was a big producer of engines and many components (as well as trucks/ammunition) from the plants captured and those under orders in Vichy provinces. Many workers were forced to Germany and much of the knowledge and many parts were already produced in France, this is a big factor in the success of the immediate post war french car/truck manufacture.

in recent years Citroen were demolishing part of there old factory to discover ( said at the time 2 ) turned out to be 3 prototype dersh'ies ( 2CV's ) bricked in in the attic, apparently Citroen destroyed all evidence of the dersh plans to stop the Germans getting hold of it
Regards, malcolm.

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