2CVs are one of Little Botanica's most favourite things :)
Our poor wee friend has been sleeping in the garage for quite some time now. We got her as a most amazing and generous gift a few years ago and unfortunately our enthusiastic and immediate plans had to be put on hold........ however.......
We have recently restarted the mission! The journey of restoring our beauty with the hope that she will be super shiny and happy.... and maybe she will even run on something a little bit cleaner and more interesting like LPG or hydrogen?? Ideas welcome :)
But oh my! what work has to be done!
When she arrived the poor wee thing was covered in stickers..... we felt that this hid her natural beauty.... so we set to work removing every last one!
Then we stripped her back to get to the heart of the problem...... problems....... a lot of them!
We removed all the panels, including the wings.......
and then we made a start to our to do list..... diagnosing all the essentials
1. The holes in the body work - rear quarter window, rear seat belt & back corner.
2. The rust - could be worse but the bad bits are bad.
3. The dents and bits we can't fix - need 2 or 3 new doors and 2 new front wings.
4. The electrics - not pretty, probably need new loom.
5. The engine - clean and replace necessary bits to get her running.
Then we stopped for some tea and cake and had a good chat about all the fun tasks that would need doing after we get her back on the road :)
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