When Emile Leray’s Citroen 2CV broke down in the Sahara Desert in 1993, he tore the car apart and built a motorcycle from the parts to escape dying from the elements. It worked. That was 25 years ago.
2CVs, I tell you. When I was a kid, my mom learned how to rebuild 2CVs from a befriended mechanic. She drove one for years, patched together from multiple others. She loved the car for many reasons, but one that stuck with me was possible for amateurs to repair.
"She held the car grimly to the road as it negotiated the bends with considerable difficulty and the straight sections with only slightly less. The car had landed her in court on one occasion when one of its front wheels had sailed off on a little expedition of its own and nearly caused an accident. The police witness in court had referred to her beloved Citroën as "the alleged car" and the name had subsequently stuck. She was particularly fond of the alleged car for many reasons. If one of its doors, for instance, fell off she could put it back on herself, which is more than you could say for a BMW."
-- Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
He certainly did build it, but its less clear if he was really in peril and may have gone to Morocco specifically to try this stunt.
He got a traffic violation ticket and a fine of around 450€ for "nature of vehicle not in accordance with registration/import documents" (to be fair exactly the same would happen anywhere in Europe to anyone who tried this on a public road)
Part of the occasional Sahara A to Z seriesHang around long enough and you’ll get the full set Pictures from Emile Leray’s website and the web In July 2012, a couple of years before fake news…
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Als Antwort auf Saxnot • • •He got a traffic violation ticket and a fine of around 450€ for "nature of vehicle not in accordance with registration/import documents" (to be fair exactly the same would happen anywhere in Europe to anyone who tried this on a public road)
https://sahara-overland.com/2017/08/05/the-2cv-motorcycle-survival-story/
2 is for: the 2CV Motorcycle Survival Story
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