[MCL968]

Last weekend a couple of the local kids were riding their bikes around the neighborhood, and they stopped by to ask if I could help them pump up their punching bag. I went into the garage to fetch a floor pump and a needle, and one of the kids, looking at the 968, said to the other "MAN! Why is it that old people have such nice cars?"

 

Clearly, he had good taste in automobiles, but at 10 he was a terrible judge of age.

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[Waylander]

That depends, Im a terrible judge of age too, I keep trying to write cheques my body cant cash, thats because I think Im much younger than I am

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[Rap]

Years ago The Who sang, “Hope I do before I get old”. Young people have a poor concept of what old really is. Did our grandparents do and look like we do. Nope. Waylander is spot on about about his bodies depleted body cash count. I think many of us notice and but up against this. Exercise and activity is the only thing that helps to try and keep this at bay. Even then it’s a crap shoot. But something is better than nothing eh?

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[tejon007]

...said to the other "MAN! Why is it that old people have such nice cars?"

 

What the kid meant was actually - - "MAN! Why is it that such nice people have old cars?"

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[ds968]

It’s because with advancing age comes greater wisdom ( in most cases ... B) )  so we certainly can appreciate “nice” cars more so that we did in our younger days .  

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[Rap]

Sometimes I wonder whether greater wisdom is just more conservatism. 

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[MCL968]

Sometimes I wonder whether greater wisdom is just more conservatism. 

Well, my dear old Aunt Ida, with the wisdom that being an old Italian offers, once told me that if you are not a liberal in your 20's you have no heart, and if you are not a conservative in your 50's you have no brain. She was on the city council of her little town in New Jersey, and the council members rotated through the job of Mayor. As Mayor they had the right to sit as judge on the local municipal court. When Ida told me this, I was fearful that her little town would become the first place in history to hang someone in the public square for unpaid parking tickets.

 

Fortunately, for both the residents and the field of jurisprudence, she opted to just be Mayor for the year and not a muni court judge.

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[Rap]

Who could have known that your dear old Aunt Ida would have known that so many Democrats have no brains! One has to love the wisdom and integrity of our elders. 

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[Roboman]

Did I mention I missed my 1936 Morris?  So I decided to get a replacement ...... 1924 Citroen 5hp arrived on Friday from Switzerland.  Thanks to all for your recommendations about NOT using a cover but that Saran wrap does a good job.  So the blue film is pallet wrap; 500mm x 300M .... looks like it's ready for the micro-wave oven!

 

I didn't run initially, and on inspection doesn't look as though it has run for a while.  Wow I'd forgotten how simple these machines are .... petrol, air, spark, timing, points, plug gap ..... job done!!

 

Just one possible problem ..... the brake and accelerator pedals are the other way around.  No problem when driving the citroen as it is flat out at 30mph, so plenty of time to react.  But if I hit the wrong pedal in the 968 the problem may be different.

 

Anyway, so plenty of service work to be done in readiness for the road, for now she's tucked away with her stablemate. 

 

         

 

         

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[ds968]

Superb !!!    

 

( and first time I’ve ever heard of the reverse pedals set up .. was that common in cars of that era, or just Citroen who decided to be “ different “  ? ) 

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[Roboman]

    

 

( and first time I’ve ever heard of the reverse pedals set up .. was that common in cars of that era, or just Citroen who decided to be “ different “  ? ) 

 

I think it was early on in the piece and there had been no standardisation .... and how/when agreement was made I do not know, nor when Citroen changed over to accelerator on the right.  Some day I may research this, but right now I'm trying to get it legally onto the road; French bureaucrazy, here we go again  

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[ds968]

Haha, I love the word bureaucrazy.. 

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[snova]

fun thread! cool toys.

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[MCL968]

Reminds me of old Italian motorcycles with the shifter and brake reversed. Same problem with road bikes and motorcycles that have the front brake on the opposite sides. Makes you think when you are riding.

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[vliegwielolaf1234]

That is a nice car , i like the old Citroen cars , 

My father still drives a Citroen , did his whole life .

 

Great  memories , driving to France  in  the DS and CX for hollidays  towing a caravan , with my brother and sister on the back bench , my little sister in the middle and i on the left , big brother on the right ,

 

The last cx he had was a  TRD turbo II  was one of  the first diesel powerd cars wich would almost hit  the 200kmph , had a 2,5ltr engine , good old fashion turbo driving experiance .

 

To bad they rusted a bit much in those days ,

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[tejon007]

Reminds me of old Italian motorcycles with the shifter and brake reversed. Same problem with road bikes and motorcycles that have the front brake on the opposite sides. Makes you think when you are riding.

Yes, common problem with old British bikes too.  My '66 Royal Enfield is backwards that way too...they make a kit to correct it, but I don't know if I will.

 

BTW, I'm also converting my mountain bike to electric.  The standard seems to be putting the throttle (don't like the thumb throttles) on the left hand side because the rear wheel shifter control is normally on the right.  It's really going to mess with me having the throttle control on the wrong side on one bike & the brake/shifter backwards on another. 

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[Roboman]

Well I hoped to find a 5CV forum like this one but no luck so far, this forum (that means you lot) really is a great resource, thank you again !!

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[J.Elenbaas]

Sorry Roboman, but i can't help you out with your new toy....lack of experience 

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[Roboman]

No worries J, this is a 968 forum so I wouldn't expect it ....... but there's 6.5 billion other people out there


To be fair I have found a couple of resources, but nothing like the strength and depth of here. I can hear someone shouting "start a 5cv forum" ..... It would be the blind leading the blind!

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[94SilverCab]

Well I hoped to find a 5CV forum like this one but no luck so far, this forum (that means you lot) really is a great resource, thank you again !!

 

Did you see this group in Australia?

 

https://citroenclassic.org.au/wordpress/...d/fr-sale/

 

Jay

 

Or this?

 

https://forums.aaca.org/topic/204096-1922-citroen-5cv/

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