CITROEN 2CV 1948-1990 24-часовой гид покупателя

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Citroen 2CV (1948-1990) - Essential Buyer’s Guide (Citroen 2CV - mały poradnik dla kupujących) - Mark Paxton, Veloce Publishing 2007, język angielski, 64 str, format 19,5x13,9 cm, ponad 120 kolorowych zdjęć, miękka oprawa, waga 0,15 kg

 - poradnik dla kupujących samochód Citroen 2CV z lat 1948-1990

              - obejmuje porady w zakresie:

 1) wybór właściwego modelu,

 2) koszty nabycia,

 3) ceny serwisu,

 4) ceny części nowych i używanych,

 5) wady i zalety,

 6) wartość rynkową poszczególnych modeli,

 7) technika kupowania,

 8) słabe punkty samochodu,

 9) realna wycena i ocena poszczególnych mechanizmów i wyposażenia,

 10) zakupy na aukcjach (wady i zalety),

 11) dokumenty i dokumentacja,

 12) restaurować czy nie,

 13) ważne adresy (kluby, firmy restaurujące i dostawcy części),

 14) dane techniczne silników, skrzyń biegów, hamulców, dopuszczalne rozmiary opon,

 15) statystyki produkcyjne

 16) masy i rozmiary,

- stanowi zestaw bardzo cennych rad, których zastosowanie ułatwi wybór właściwego egzemplarza i zaoszczędzenie wielu nieoczekiwanych kosztów i problemów w czasie eksploatacji i przy naprawach

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- spis treści:

Introduction & thanks

– the purpose of this book

1 Is it the right car for you?

– marriage guidance

2 Cost considerations

– affordable, or a money pit?

3 Living with an E-type

– will you get along together?

4 Relative values

– which model for you?

5 Before you view

– be well informed

6 Inspection equipment

– these items will really help

7 Fifteen minute evaluation

– walk away or stay?

8 Key points

– where to look for problems

9 Serious evaluation

– 60 minutes for years of enjoyment

10 Auctions

– sold! Another way to buy your dream

11 Paperwork

– correct documentation is essential!

12 What’s it worth to you?

– let your head rule your heart

13 Do you really want to restore?

– it’ll take longer and cost more than you think

14 Paint faults

– bad complexion, including dimples, pimples and bubbles

15 Problems due to lack of use

– just like their owners, E-types need exercise!

16 The Community

– key people, organisations & companies in the E-type world

17 Vital statistics

– essential data at your fingertips

Index

- streszczenie wydawcy:

STOP! Don‘t buy a 2CV without buying this book FIRST! Having this book in your pocket is just like having a real marque expert by your side. Benefit from Mark Paxton’s years of 2CV ownership: learn how to spot a bad car quickly and how to assess a promising one like a professional. Get the right car at the right price!

Packed with good advice from running costs, through paperwork, vital statistics, valuation and the 2CV community, to will it fit in your garage and with your lifestyle? This is THE COMPLETE GUIDE to choosing, assessing and buying your dream car.

 - niezależne opinie:

"... small enough to fit into a coat pocket and pretty well guaranteed to come in very handy if you are buying any of these cars from very different ends of the classic scale ... definitely recommended." - New Zealand Classic Car

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"Put it in your pocket before you start looking." - Australian Classic Car

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"These invaluable little books follow the same format and provide very useful information if you are thinking of buying one of the relevant models. Written by marque experts, they guide you through the whole process from first buying thoughts to final inspection and assessment of likely restoration problems." - The Automobile

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"If you're going to look at any second-hand car, taking an expert on the model along with you is the obvious ideal. If that car happens to be a 2CV then Mark Paxton's well-written book may be even better. I wish Mark Paxton had written this guide about ten years ago. He might have saved me a lot of money." - 2CVGB News

- przykładowy tekst:

Charming though an early Ripple Bonnet 2CV undoubtedly is, few would consider it as a daily driver; in fact, anything built pre-1970 is limited in its ability to be used as practical day-to-day transport, simply because it is too slow for modern traffic, or more specifically for the patience of some other drivers. Some hardy souls have driven them over vast distances to events around Europe, but even if you find one of the few remaining quiet country roads, you are likely to be the slowest motorised vehicle on it, and on busier thoroughfares the lack of speed could prove hazardous.

A post 1970 435cc 2CV hovers on the edge of daily usability, as its A road performance is sufficient that the queue behind shouldn't be too severe, although long motorway trips may be less of a joy and inclines can reduce cruising speed dramatically. Any 602cc 2CV is up to handling the daily commute and can even hold on at the legal limit currently applicable in the UK. If your main worry is getting from A to B as quickly as possible, though, a 2CV might not be the car for you.

Many people rightly ignore all this, as they are looking for a vehicle with character to use at the weekend, something to enjoy simply owning and driving, which is where the older models score highly, as they come from the era that refined and honed the car's standing with the public, and ultimately guaranteed its iconic status. Cars of the 1950s and 1960s ooze charm and have a build quality far superior to later versions - you are more likely to find a 2CV from this period still on a sound original chassis than anything from the 1980s. Each trip might be a challenge to your motoring stamina, but rewarded either by the appreciation of other enthusiasts as you turn up at a far-flung show, or simply the self-satisfaction of another trip successfully completed.

The 2CV was built to carry four adults in well suspended comfort around the potholed ruins of rural French roads, and despite post-war affluence creating larger people, both in height and width, it still remains a true four-seater, and just as likely to leave you in good condition after a long drive as most modern compact cars. Stress levels are probably lower too, as it is a relaxing vehicle to pilot even through today's congested roads.

With the Deux Chevaux example out of production now for 16 years, any you choose will be older than most mainstream vehicles manage before being consigned to the scrapheap, so upkeep will be more onerous than something more modern, as much through age and deterioration as the limitations imposed by the era of the original design. This will probably mean some weekend tinkering in the garage, but thankfully the 2CV is ideal for this, and getting your hands oily is surely one of the pleasures of owning and running a classic car? The unusual and unconventional mechanical solutions found on a 2CV also mean that many traditional local garages will be unable or unwilling to help when something goes wrong, so unless you live near one of the small number of independent specialists, it is worth getting to know how your car is put together mechanically, which is thankfully relatively easy. Despite its low cost when new, the 2CV is robust and once fettled and running properly, it is a supremely reliable car, regardless of when it was built.

Much talk has been devoted to the Morris Minor over the years, and the 'durable car concept' of ownership pioneered by Charles Ware, where long term planning of restoration and repair resulted in low running costs. The 2CV, though, is even better: availability of robust replacement chassis at very low prices, repair panels for all the common rot spots, cheap mechanical parts, plus active and enthusiastic clubs and parts suppliers throughout Europe, mean that it is probably the cheapest of all classic cars to repair, rebuild and keep on the road. Prices of cars in good condition are on the rise, and if time and effort is put into rust proofing and maintaining the car's body and mechanics, then depreciation is very low on later models and almost non-existent on the early ones.

Few, if any, other classics can offer this combination of cost, style, reliability, charisma and genuine iconic status, so living with a 2CV should be a pleasure as long as you buy the right one!

Relative values

* which model for you? 

This chapter will attempt to give an idea, expressed as a percentage, of the value of individual models in good condition. For example, a 1980s car in a roadworthy and useable condition currently sells for roughly lx2000 in the UK at the time of writing, a 1950 Ripple in the same condition would fetch lx4000, hence their ratings below. A concours car will be worth considerably more, and here the value gap between ages definitely narrows. A basket case would be around a tenth of the quoted amount or less. 

Model A until 1953

With the exception of the twin-engined Sahara, which is so rare that it has been excluded from this listing, the most valuable cars are from the first years of production which had welded box sections in the doors and a seam welded bonnet, replaced after June 1953 by pressings and spot welding respectively. These cars are rare today and command high prices.

100%

Other Ripple Bonnet cars (AZ, AZL, and AZLP)

These cars built from 1953 to December 1960 represent the mainstream Ripple Bonnet production and are more common. Prices for good cars have risen sharply over the last few years and continue to do so as these models represent the period when the 2CV dominated the domestic (French) small car market and laid the foundations of its status as a national treasure.

75%

Slough-built cars

Despite the 2CV's very Gallic image and style, Citroën decided that there was a market for right-hand drive cars both in the UK and the Commonwealth, so production started in Slough in 1953. The cars had many differences as over 50% of their constituent parts had to be sourced locally to avoid it being labelled an import. Only 673 saloons were made along with 291 vans and 72 pickups. These commercial vehicles are too rare to include, so the value figure is based on the saloons, which will always be worth more than a French-built vehicle of the same specification and period.

85%

1960s models

This period saw a continuing evolution of the 2CV, at the beginning of the decade it was essentially a Ripple with a new bonnet, but the arrival of front-hinged doors, better instruments and seats, a third window in each side and radial tyres, ensured that by the end of the 1960s it had at least tried to keep pace with a rapidly evolving market. These 2CVs although still charming, are less sought after as the cutting edge of the design had been blunted. Difficulties in fitting legal seat belts to meet UK construction and use regulations also dampened their appeal in this market.

50%

1970 on - the new generation

Major changes and the first official UK imports in 1974 as an oil crisis suddenly made economy motoring seem like the sensible way forward. In the UK, the model was warmly embraced with sales rising rapidly to make it one of Citroën's best markets. Early drum-braked cars are worth more than later disc-braked ones as their numbers have dwindled rapidly.

Drum-braked 60% Disc-braked 55%

1988 on - the Portuguese models

A harder one to mark, as the downside of these 2CVs' poorer build quality is offset a bit by the fact that they are the last of the line and there is still the possibility of finding a well cared for example. Generally though, they are probably less well regarded than French-built models and may be worth slightly less on a like-for-like basis.

50%

Special editions

Started by the Spot in 1976, an orange and white special edition, this groundbreaking (and cheap) way to expand a range, was followed by the Basket (non UK), the Charleston first series, 1980-1981, which had a second mainstream run in 1981-1990. Also, the James Bond inspired 007 in 1981, the France 3 (Beachcomber in the UK) in 1983, the Dolly 1984-1985 first series, and again 1985-1990 in mainstream production, Cocorico in 1986 (non UK), the Bamboo in 1989 and finally the Perrier (non UK).

The more common special editions like the Dolly, Charleston or Bamboo have little or no impact on value, but their initial short run variants will, so if for example you want one of the few remaining right-hand drive Spots from the original 250 made, you should expect to pay a premium, assuming you that you could find one of course. If you are offered a rarer variant, check out its provenance carefully as it is relatively easy to convert an ordinary saloon into a Beachcomber for example, another car whose original numbers have dropped dramatically.

50% to 65% or more depending on rarity.

Vans

Commercial versions of the 2CV are popular as they are even more uniquely styled than the cars. They are also comparatively rare, which drives prices up. A Ripple Bonnet van will not be much more valuable than a saloon of the time, but a 1960s one certainly will, so the period it comes from is important too.

Add 5% to 1950s saloon values, 15% to 1960s and around 10% to 1970s.

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