Funny, I'd not seen one on the road for years, then just after this thread was started, I passed one on my way home. Almost the same colour as the one in the screenshot too.
When at the gliding club at Swinderby one of our members purchased a new one back in the early seventies, I got in for a ride back to the hangers with him and was surprised by the gear lever being a push and pull effort, but what really surprised me even more and he did not tell me until after he took a sharp turn on the taxiway was how much the b*gger leaned on corners at speed! Frightened me half to death!!
Regards
Nigel.
I used to be an optimist but with age I am now a grumpy old pessimist.
My big brother had a 2CV when I was younger. He had a stick-on switch on the dash board that said 'Warp Drive'! Brilliant car
And that opened a hole in the floor to allow access to a couple of sets of bicycle pedals.........
That would have been an improvement!
Quite.
When they were in vogue though I always seem to remember them passing you on the motorway at about 85 ,
engine burbling it's head(s) off ,driver and passengers pedalling furiously................
You could see him thinking "Bleedin'pilots,don't know nuffin.All glammer" He's probably right.
A/C.2 Webber,Manston,1941,First Light by Geoff Wellum.