I just came across a little post on Instagram about this, so I looked a bit further into it.
https://historygarage.com/emile-leray-s ... roken-car/
Unusual reworking of a Citroen 2CV.
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Unusual reworking of a Citroen 2CV.
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Re: Unusual reworking of a Citroen 2CV.
That is a bit bonkers



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Re: Unusual reworking of a Citroen 2CV.
True, but it got him back to civilisation. I know that I could NOT have done that.
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Re: Unusual reworking of a Citroen 2CV.
I honestly wouldn't like to say whether I could or couldn't have escaped from that situation, but I can say I wouldn't have been in the Sahara in the first place!! 

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Re: Unusual reworking of a Citroen 2CV.
You die quicker in the cold than you do in the heat....
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Re: Unusual reworking of a Citroen 2CV.
My first year at secondary school, I had to do a "French project". I did it about the 2cv. I wrote to Citroen and they sent me loads of stuff I wish I'd kept. There were many documented incidents like this where a 2cv had broken badly, and the crew had cobbled it together to get back to civilisation.
One particular one had the chassis snap totally behind at the B post. They did away with the front half of the body, sat on the back seat and had pushed the front of the chassis under the rear half, tied it together and sat in the back seat driving along in a 8ft long 2cv. Other tales of filling leaking and damaged gearboxes with bananas etc.
One particular one had the chassis snap totally behind at the B post. They did away with the front half of the body, sat on the back seat and had pushed the front of the chassis under the rear half, tied it together and sat in the back seat driving along in a 8ft long 2cv. Other tales of filling leaking and damaged gearboxes with bananas etc.
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Re: Unusual reworking of a Citroen 2CV.
Ahhh, the old bananas in the gearbox trick....
WHAT !!! ?
WHAT !!! ?
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Re: Unusual reworking of a Citroen 2CV.
Makes a change from sawdust, another substance added to failing gearboxes - although usually to sell the car to an unsuspecting punter...
Not applicable to a 2CV but an egg in the rad is a known 'get you home' way to seal up leaks...
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