MEHARI

aircool · Post by **aircool** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 8:54 am

Really like these. Have been thinking of getting one for some time - still aircooled! - and seeing several in Italy rather increased the activity. Am I alone in this?

KS · Post by KS » Sat Aug 06, 2011 8:57 am

I love them – the big problem t hese days is that there is quite a following for them in France, so the prices have gone up for good ones. You still occasionally see ones abandoned or with a 'A Vendre' sign in more rural areas, but I suspect not too many bargains around. I think they're wonderful!

hot66 · Post by **hot66** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 9:43 am

I was drooling over a fully restored one in Spain the other week

Always seems a good idea when you're sat having a cold beer in almost 40deg heat .. reality of a wet cold Yorkshire probo means the novelty would wear off pretty quick

Lightweight_911 · Post by **Lightweight_911** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 9:56 am

As James says, they're great in the Summer down by the Med - I used one for the whole summer in the S of France back in '79 - but the appeal wouldn't be the same over here.

Darren65 · Post by **Darren65** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 11:36 am

I recently finished a 2CV restoration and am currently restoring an AK400 (2CV van) - the Mehari is basically a 2CV with a different body. As such parts are plentiful and fairly reasonably priced.

A Mehari would be a good project if you can find one at the right money and great fun too.

Worth looking at the Club Cassis site www.mehariclub.com

Darren

cubist · Post by **cubist** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 1:12 pm

There's just the body sitting in my sandblasters yard... tempted for a while now. The right running gear and a decent drop would make for go-kart like fun without the VW rust issues. Mind you, he does have a gennie UVA frame which might be more fun

Lightweight_911 · Post by **Lightweight_911** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 1:26 pm

cubist wrote:Mind you, he does have a gennie UVA frame which might be more fun

- is that a 'Fugitive' ? Always fancied one of those !

cubist · Post by **cubist** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 6:21 pm

You're right, me too. Which got me thinking earlier... so, a swift burst across the fen - all back roads, lots of handbrake - and I was in his yard. Ever so slightly out of alignment but swapped with him for some found chunky offroady treads and he's going to blast it and give it a quick coat of zinc for me by thursday. Definitely not going to be a mudplugger, a panscraper yes but no mud here thank you very much. Yet another bloody project to hide! More as and when...

(Flat brown, side panels made from extended trekker sills - trekker sectioned/narrowed bonnet,
stripped bug seats, 205 30 18 over banded 18" TT steels (in garage...), lots of rivets, no gauges,
'48 beetle wheel, sounds like a good way to use up some scrap rather than weigh it in... )

JB-L · Post by **JB-L** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 8:22 pm

Wouldn't a VW Thing be a bit closer to our spiritual home, similar looks/purpose and still with an aircooled engine?

MdR · Post by **MdR** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 2:31 pm

cubist wrote:

(Flat brown, side panels made from extended trekker sills - trekker sectioned/narrowed bonnet,
stripped bug seats, 205 30 18 over banded 18" TT steels (in garage...), lots of rivets, no gauges,
'48 beetle wheel, sounds like a good way to use up some scrap rather than weigh it in... )

Hell. Yeah!

dragonfly · Post by **dragonfly** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 4:03 pm

MdR wrote:
cubist wrote:

(Flat brown, side panels made from extended trekker sills - trekker sectioned/narrowed bonnet,
stripped bug seats, 205 30 18 over banded 18" TT steels (in garage...), lots of rivets, no gauges,
'48 beetle wheel, sounds like a good way to use up some scrap rather than weigh it in... )
Hell. Yeah!

+1 It just needs one of these and it's done

Back to the Mehari - very cool, but I wonder if it's not one of those fond memories from lazy, sunny holidays which doesn't really translate well to home - like Ouzo

cubist · Post by **cubist** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 5:00 pm

YES! YES! YES! ^ ^ ^

dragonfly wrote: I wonder if it's not one of those fond memories from lazy, sunny holidays which doesn't really translate well to home - like Ouzo

And that surprise irritation... she seemed such a nice, homely local girl

KS · Post by KS » Wed Aug 10, 2011 6:16 pm

cubist wrote:
dragonfly wrote: I wonder if it's not one of those fond memories from lazy, sunny holidays which doesn't really translate well to home - like Ouzo
And that surprise irritation... Bootsy seemed such a nice, homely local chap

mycar · Post by **mycar** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 6:41 pm

Erm,

scuse for butting in but.... what is this ??

It has twin turbos, yes ? What`s that alloy thing, front and center, being fed by braided hoses...What`s that contraption that looks like a weather center on top of the manifolds ? What ?? What ??

Cheers, Mike. (never seen anything like it in my life, no I haven`t)

dragonfly · Post by **dragonfly** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 7:08 pm

mycar wrote:Erm, scuse for butting in but.... what is this ??

Found via an image search for a Pikes Peak buggy, some of which I remembered having some serious Porsche power. It's in an article about Canepa Design here:http://www.sportscaradvisors.com/sports ... experience