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Greeney in France
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 Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 10:21 pm Post subject: 10 minute 2cv build |
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http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=I3-eYNAgKWI
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Dirty Habit
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I love films like that...........are they still building them there? or has production just ended. I saw the date "2008". 
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Greeney in France
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i guess that was the portugese factory, it stopped production in 1990.
Production of the car started on 2nd September 1939, only to be halted the following day due to the outbreak of World War II. Development of the car continued during the war, and radical changes were made before the car hit the public again at the Paris Show, 1949 
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Dirty Habit
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In that film it also has in the titles 1948-2008, 60 anos del 2CV. I thought that it may translate to "60 years of 2CV. Which had me wondering if in some small corner of the world, they may be still producing the 2CV.
I suppose that I just like the idea that one of the classic "Car for the masses" still lived on. I just like "real" Beetles, "real" Mini's 
I doubt I will ever move into the 21's century.
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PAUL BEAUMONT
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| Does the flash acroos some of the pictures indicate Argentina??? |
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Dirty Habit
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preubautos.com.ar The domain .AR is Argentina. That's what had me wondering if they may still be producing them there. Plus the "1948-2008" flash across the screen suggests they may be. The film it's self does look quite old though.
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Greeney in France
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They were indeed made in Argentina and Chile but i think production stopped there in the mid 80s although it would have stopped earlier had it not been for the James Bond film "For your eyes only" Production had to double to cope with the influx of orders in Chile
1988 saw the France factory stop production but for 2 more years Portugal made them
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sadly production for the beetle and aircooled T2 baywindow camper stopped last year,
wish i could rebuild my scirocco in 10 minutes  
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