Went to visit my great-grandparents yesterday.

"Your boy, BJR" (jerseyshoreben) 01/09/2015 at 13:35 • Filed to: None

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And I found something......

.....er, several somethings.

Who knew the largest French car importer and restorer in the US was run out of some rinky dink hole in the wall garage down in Tha Durty Souf Jerz?

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > Your boy, BJR 01/09/2015 at 13:39

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!!! Did you try to see how much you could get one for?

KatzManDu > Your boy, BJR 01/09/2015 at 13:39

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Awesome. I wonder if this the same guy who runs listings on e-bay for importing 2CV vans all the time?

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Your boy, BJR 01/09/2015 at 13:43

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Dat blue SM!

Your boy, BJR > KatzManDu 01/09/2015 at 13:43

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It is. Found a mechanic trying to get an orange one started and picked his brain a bit. He told me Tom Seaver (baseball HoF-er and winemaker) ordered one for his winery in Napa Valley.

They will also outfit H-Vans for damn near anything you could use them for.

And they modernize and sell 2CVs

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Your boy, BJR 01/09/2015 at 13:44

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Oh yes do want now

KatzManDu > Your boy, BJR 01/09/2015 at 13:47

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Nice.

I wonder if they supplied the 2CV Billy Joel wrapped around a tree in his drunk driving incident. Now that I'm in the EU I was wanting a DS19 or DS21 to wrench on but I can't find any wrenchable-drivers in my price range. D'oh!

Your boy, BJR > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 01/09/2015 at 13:47

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I could get a 2CV that's been totally disassembled, worked over, re-assembled, and modernized to make it actually useable as a daily for around $8k.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > Your boy, BJR 01/09/2015 at 13:48

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Wow, that's not bad at all.

As Du Volant > Your boy, BJR 01/09/2015 at 13:55

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What do they do when they modernize them?

Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura > Your boy, BJR 01/09/2015 at 14:03

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-GASP-

GIVE ME.

Cé hé sin > Your boy, BJR 01/09/2015 at 14:08

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Oooh, une GS!

JGrabowMSt > Your boy, BJR 01/09/2015 at 14:08

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One of those H-Vans would be such a cool work truck with a little more modern motivation under the hood.

Cé hé sin > Your boy, BJR 01/09/2015 at 14:09

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Sticky-on orange lights at the side. They must have sold the CX over there at some point.

Quattro-luvr, Powered by Datsun & Stinger > Your boy, BJR 01/09/2015 at 14:10

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$100 for the lot!

Your boy, BJR > As Du Volant 01/09/2015 at 14:22

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http://citroenimportservices.com/services/resto…

This

Your boy, BJR > JGrabowMSt 01/09/2015 at 14:40

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http://citroenimportservices.com/services/h-van…

They do that too!

Just, uh, don't put premium in it.

;)

Stephen the Canuck > Your boy, BJR 01/09/2015 at 14:54

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What is this? I think I may have a massive need for this.

Your boy, BJR > Stephen the Canuck 01/09/2015 at 15:36

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Citroen H Van

twochevrons > Cé hé sin 01/09/2015 at 15:40

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Yep. It's actually a bizarre story.

Citroën itself pulled out of the US market in the mid '70s and hasn't returned – the variable-height suspension made it impossible for them to comply with the '5 mph' bumper law (part of the law said that the bumper had to be within some specific height range).

By the late '80s, reason had prevailed and the bumper laws had been revised. CXs and even some early XMs were imported independently by a couple of US-based companies and modified to comply with US regulations. Citroën had nothing to do with it, and even prevented the importers from branding the cars as Citroëns, but even without official support, a remarkable (if still rather small) number were sold.

twochevrons > Stephen the Canuck 01/09/2015 at 15:42

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That is a Citroen type-H, produced almost-unchanged from 1947 to 1981. They're beautifully ugly, and quite iconic in Europe.

Stephen the Canuck > twochevrons 01/09/2015 at 16:58

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My god that is breath taking. I want one as a tow vehicle for a race car.

The Compromiser > Your boy, BJR 01/09/2015 at 17:26

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It makes me want to smuggle guns and explosives to a ship. Then go pick up freedom fighters before i wander into the jungle to die.

Just me?

Your boy, BJR > The Compromiser 01/09/2015 at 17:29

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yeah.

It's less of a "gun smuggler" and more of a "baguette transport"

The Compromiser > Your boy, BJR 01/09/2015 at 17:55

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I beg to differ.

The Dogs of War. 1980. Christopher Walken. Used to smuggle guns and explosives in oil barrels to a ship that picks up freedom fighters. Chris then wanders into the jungle to die. Well in the book he does. Excellent read. Tom Beringer is in it, amongst others. Although in the image, there appears to be baguettes as well. Merde.

Your boy, BJR > The Compromiser 01/09/2015 at 20:48

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YOU CAN NEVER ESCAPE THE BAGUETTES IN AN H VAN

BaconSandwich is tasty. > Stephen the Canuck 01/10/2015 at 00:16

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Ditto. LS1 swap. Then Rutledge Wood and I could be best buds.

Stephen the Canuck > BaconSandwich is tasty. 01/10/2015 at 00:43

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I want a diesel in it. Maybe the new engine from the Ecodiesel Ram, or the diesel engine out of the Colorado/Canyon twins.

BaconSandwich is tasty. > Stephen the Canuck 01/10/2015 at 00:45

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I'd be cool with that.

Stephen the Canuck > BaconSandwich is tasty. 01/10/2015 at 08:39

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Although, with diesel being 30 cents more a liter currently the ls1 is probably cheaper to run.

TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts > Your boy, BJR 01/11/2015 at 00:30

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I want a Citroen DS.

Spridget > Your boy, BJR 06/14/2015 at 20:46

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I need that GS wagon. Also, one of their 2cv’s was featured on Comedian’s in Car’s Getting Coffee .