My Citroen Surfer 2CV6- - the story.
My Surfer 2CV I had always wanted a Citroen 2CV since I first had a Citroen Ami 8 in the early 70's. I had a magical and memory filled tour round Europe in that car. After I had long retired and gone through the speed and sportscar stage, my sights set on this wonderful classic piece of engineering. The search, in earnest, began in 2020, when I asked my motoring friends to look out for a good cheap project car for me to restore. I saw many abandoned and uncared for cars selling at inflated prices until eventually I came across this car. History was a bit sketchy - First registered in Switzerland in 1984, imported by an agent in Portimao in 1986, sold on to the previous owner in 1994. At some stage he died (probably in 2012 when it had its last IPO inspection) and it was apparently left standing until my friend Roman found it for sale in October 2022. After cleaning up it was a bit bruised and dented with enough ...