breakdown truck

[JPB]

Better still..

[rich.]

http://www.leboncoin.fr/utilitaires/876 ... tm?ca=18_s
http://www.leboncoin.fr/utilitaires/874 ... tm?ca=18_s
http://www.leboncoin.fr/utilitaires/882 ... tm?ca=18_s
http://www.leboncoin.fr/utilitaires/811 ... tm?ca=18_s
http://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/880358565.htm?ca=18_s
http://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/894256055.htm?ca=18_s

[UKJeeper]

http://www.leboncoin.fr/utilitaires/876 ... tm?ca=18_s

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[JPB]

Hmm, interesting and I'm guessing that the hull of one of thae things would be able to withstand pretty much anything apart from the relatively smooth water of a river, the Thames for example.

For anyone who doesn't have the fire brigade on speed dial, there's this much more manageable alternative:

[TerryG]

Le Stalwart is pretty cool but if I was picking one from that selection it would be le coach.
Should that be das coach as it is a German coach on a French website :S

[rich.]

i always fancied one of those dukw things... bus would be more useful though

[rich.]

http://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/895242964.htm?ca=18_s
can anyone tell me what it was

[JPB]

[rich.]

if i had the choice between a real jeep & the c15 i know which i would prefer
how could you tell what it was by the way?

[JPB]

...
how could you tell what it was by the way?

I repaired a Visa's scabby bits - for resale purposes - about twenty four years ago, it was generally pretty sound but that very distinctive scuttle area (double skinned, big thanks for that, Citroen ) had already rotted through, causing the screen to start falling out at the corners. I'll never forget how hard it was to get the shape of that part right if I live to be 132 years old but swearing was as good a way forward as any and the total time for getting the car retail ready was a mere three days, of which two were spent on the rotten scuttle. Great wee motor though, and dirt cheap from the auction as it had a crank sensor fault that caused its (Dyane-derived) flat twin to stop every few miles on a random basis. The P/O had spent a small fortune on a new ECU from the dealership, who'd failed to diagnose the - much cheaper to fix - actual cause of the fault.
Their cockup was eventually addressed through the small claims court and the one time Citroen owner bought an FSO Polonez as a replacement. I always reckoned that doing this was the motoring equivalent of selling a seventeenth century farm cottage in the Highlands and moving into a flat above a kebab shop in some faceless city.


I'd have a Visa in the blinking of an eye, but it would have to be the twin pot petrol engined version and there'd be a spare pair of sensors in the glove hole just in case.