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CITROEN 2CV

The ‘tin snail’ has always proved a good way of motivating the masses because it’s fun, totally idiosyncratic, cheap to run and dead easy to maintain. And despite its flaccid performance, flimsy panels and frankly ludicrous body roll there’s lots of cleverly engineered touches that will make doing one up and driving it around next Spring an exciting prospect.

The 2CV was made for almost 60 years, with

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