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Old 06-17-2013, 05:57 PM   #7 (permalink)
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When I was a kid I saw a Citroën 2CV race in Belgium.
The rules were simple; the cars had to be standard, except it was allowed to take unnecesary stuff off.

Some 30 2CV's raced through town without doors, fenders, hood and bonnet, bumpers, lights, windows, roof, hubcaps, passenger and rear seat, spare and tools, glove box lid, you name it; just a helmet for the driver and chicken mesh for a windscreen. Losing half the weight and drag turned those underpowered wretches into fierce racers... or so it seemed at the time.

The tiny 2 cylinder aircooled boxer engine gives the 2CV a very low center of gravity, so they were very hard to flip even though their vague and long-traveling suspension made them tilt over in the corners like no other car ever did. They'd scrape their top to a wall in outside corners rather than the wheels...
They used to flock the streets over here in those days. Now months go by without spotting a single one. Saw one a week ago, actually. Maybe the third I've seen this year, one of which belongs to a house friend
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