Citroën 2CV "Duck" TYPE A 1949 COBI 24510 - Youngtimer

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You know that:

• What was a Mini for the UK, a Ford T for America and a VW Beetle for Germany, was a Citroën 2CV for the French ?
• The French people needed a cheap and reliable vehicle, so the designers were given the task of developing a car that would carry 4 peasants in clogs and straws on their heads, a sack of potatoes. A car that can drive across a ploughed field, not break eggs in a bag and reach speeds of up to 60 km/h with a maximum fuel consumption of 5l/100km ?
• The first 250 units were produced in 1939, but subsequently destroyed to prevent them from falling into the hands of the advancing German army ?
• Only 4 of the 1939 series have survived and if you are one of the lucky ones, you have a property of unprecedented value today ?
• At the 1948 Paris Motor Show, Citroen received so many orders during the premiere that the car was on hold for two years ?
• The 2CV was produced in various versions for an incredible 42 years until July 1990 ?
• Citroën did not have a fuel gauge, but a "stick" to measure the level of petrol in the tank ?
• The first 375 cc engines were started with a cable, like a lawnmower today ?
• For soft suspension and rocking, no one called the car anything other than "Duck" or "Slug" ?
• In total, some 5,114,966 were produced in various versions ?
• Car mechanics say it takes a whole day to accelerate a 2CV to 60, but only half an hour to strip a car down to the studs ?
  There are approximately 450 cars registered in the Czech Republic ?

Technical parameters TYPE A 1949:

• length 3.86 m, width 1.48 m, height 1.60 m
• weight 500 kg
• power unit gasoline air-cooled 375 cc engine with 9 hp (7 kW)
• maximum speed 64-65 km/h (depending on wind)
• number of seats 4
• luggage compartment capacity not specified

Below you'll find assembly instructions that give an idea of the difficulty (kids usually have no problem:-), or in case the original instructions included in each package get lost. It will also help if you are in doubt about what all the pack contains. This service is brought to you exclusively by COBISHOP.CZ