CitCity, 2CV prototypes at the RetroMobile Paris 1998

TPV 1
(TPV = Toute Petite Voiture = 2CV prototype 1939)

all 3 TPV's on a row:

TPV1 on the left, TPV2 in the middle, TPV3 on the right side

the front of TPV1

TPV1: the 2CV prototype without bonnet and headlamps. Motor type MO 62, No 00064, with an alloy sump Gearbox No 9 x 35 00053 Chassis reference R 102, with paint on the left hand side of the chassis Has figures 68 chalked on the apron Has letter L painted in white on the top corner of the windscreen 2 Plates are fixed to the right front chassis longeron; the first has ELV 1944 and the second 1A 00 01. This establishes this to be the first example presented for homologation on 28th August 1939. However on that occasion it had engine No. QB 00023. (As a comparison the prototype found in 1968 has engine type MO 62 No QB 00058, with the sump in cast iron and a chassis plate with the number 1A 00 07)

the interior of TPV1, no steering wheel	TPV1 from behind with opened roof

right front wheel with Michelin Pilote tire (tyre)

front wing mounted lamp

inside door opener

TPV1 from behind

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