Kastenente

The French Volkswagen Citroën 2CV, known in Germany as the “Duck”, was developed before the Second World War as the TPV (toute petite voiture) project, with the first prototypes being built as early as 1938. The TPV was presented to the public in 1939, but due to the outbreak of war, only 250 pre-war cars were produced. After the war, the project was thoroughly revised and presented in 1948. Series production began in 1949, and by 1990, 3,868,631 convertible sedans and 1,246,335 panel vans had been produced. In 1951, in addition to the small four-door convertible saloon, a panel van was offered that resembled the saloon up to the B-pillar. Behind the B-pillar, however, a completely different structure was created, in the style of the Citroën H corrugated iron delivery van presented in 1947. The “box ducks” were initially called 2CV AU and from 1954 AZU. In 1963, the box behind the rear axle was optionally extended by a longer body overhang, the load capacity was increased from 250 to 350 kg and the car was then called 2CV AK350. While at this time the engine power of the sedan was only increased from 14 to 16 hp from 425 cc displacement, the box duck AK350 was exclusively given a larger engine with 602 cc and 21 hp until 1966. In 1969, parallel to the AK350 with a normal roof, the AK400 was introduced, with a higher box and a payload of 400 kg. In 1978, production of the box ducks was stopped after 1,246,335 vehicles. 5,114,966 units of both 2CV body styles were produced together.

This 2 CV AK 400 was first registered on October 26, 1977 in Brive, about 200 kilometers north of Bordeaux. Until 1992, the first owner drove the box duck more or less regularly until it reached 45,920 kilometers. After that, it was only driven very sporadically, i.e. no longer in everyday use. On June 2, 2010, the car was sold to Mercoeur, 55 km away, with a mileage of 50,585. On July 28, 2012, the vehicle, which had been completely original and in very good condition up to that point, was bought by a collector from Siegerland, who registered it in Germany on June 3, 2013. This collector only has very well-preserved French vintage cars, which he looks after almost pedantically and improves their condition as much as possible. All of his cars are at least in what is known as condition 2+ or better. Although there was no rust on the vehicle and the paint was actually fine, he had the body repainted on the outside. Photos of the condition before the repainting are available. The car currently has 65,159 kilometers on the clock. The collector has now passed the age of 70 and is buying a smaller house for himself and his wife as a retirement home. He now has to reduce his collection of eight vehicles to two and has turned to us to get this almost perfect box duck into good hands. The vehicle comes with various documents, including the original vehicle type description from Citroën with which the car was delivered in 1977.

The vehicle has already been secured for us, but will not be brought to us in Berlin until the end of January 2025. The car is not currently with us and the price is for the vehicle as it is at the moment. As soon as the Citroën arrives with us, we will examine it and can then work out our three offers. We ask for a little patience.