Thread: Double Chevron - this is for you - french car content

Originally Posted by JDNSW

When I was touring France in 1973 with my brother in his Dyane, we spotted a Safari with what looked like an entire bedroom suite tied precariously on the roof - double bed, wardrobe and dressing table. We followed it for some kilometres - at a safe distance, as it looked to be about to lose the lot!

That was a French Doormobile, John.

Originally Posted by Bigbjorn

I had a good friend who served his indentures as a motor mechanic in the bottom half of the 1960's at a combined Citroen/Mercedes Benz dealership. He left the job after gaining his trade papers. He was a very good mechanic and the dealer principal wanted him to stay. Barry left because he wanted a much easier working life than that wrenching Citroens and Benzen. Any time he applied for a new job he told the prospective employer that he didn't work on those makes.

ER .... Citroens are bloody simple as anything to work on.... "If man assembled ... mere morels can easily fix". You want difficult, work any ****box made after 1990 ....... If you wathc the factory videos of later cars .... they assemble the entire units... plug the pre-assembled dash in through the windscreen opening... the driveline is assembled into a lighweight subframe and the body is dropped on the top. No wonder nothing is bloody accessible

Having said that ............. I work on cars for enjoyment. I couldn't imagine laying under cars all day everyday.... It would soon become far from enjoyable.

I could probably make quite a good living these days working out of my backyard working on only the old Citroens and refusing to go near any modern ****box.... simply because all of the specialists in Victoria have now retired. I have worked on quite a few peoples cars ... but just don't have the time.

seeya,
Shane L.