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Solved NIC#788 - Burton (2CV-based)
« on: April 07, 2017, 05:26:31 AM »
What is this, and what is the base car?
« Last Edit: May 12, 2017, 02:33:08 PM by nicanary »
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Re: NIC#788
« Reply #1 on: May 11, 2017, 05:17:16 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NIC#788
« Reply #2 on: May 12, 2017, 02:24:53 PM »
Looks like a Burton... is it Citroen 2CV based ?

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Re: NIC#788
« Reply #3 on: May 12, 2017, 02:31:41 PM »
Looks like a Burton... is it Citroen 2CV based ?

Yes. As easy as that. We've never had it on AP before, which seems quite extraordinary.  It's probably the best-known 2CV-based kit car, built since 2000.

I deliberately selected a side view so that its origins were less obvious!
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Re: Solved NIC#788 - Burton (2CV-based)
« Reply #4 on: May 12, 2017, 06:16:26 PM »
Strange because I'm sure we had a Burton many years ago, but it doesn't show up on Search..
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Re: Solved NIC#788 - Burton (2CV-based)
« Reply #5 on: May 13, 2017, 04:02:58 AM »
Indeed remarkable that we haven't had it before...