Ferblantine
(1952~53)
La Rageuse
(The Furious)
(1960~61)
Le Combi (The Microbus)
(1972~74)
La Cox (The Bug)
(1973)
Others
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In september 1974,
my parents bought this brand new bay-window microbus of gloss
orange color which dates from at least august 1972 (maybe 1973...). My father turned it himself into a "camper" : - in 1974, putting up of 2CV van windows on the two sides, - in 1977, roof painted in white (matching with the bumpers) and addition of a central skylight, - in 1979, cutting of the roof and addition of an articulated roof OverVan (made in Chambray-lès-Tours). The Microbus travelled a lot around : Germany, England, Austria, Belgium, Scotland, Holland, Switzerland... and France (Alsace, Aubrac, Lozère, Larzac...). At christmas 1981, it unfortunately jammed its engine on the way to Alsace (lack of oil in spite of a levels inspection). My father gave it too quickly at his taste for a secondhand. |
