“I would like to transmit the passion for these engines to young people” [FOTO E VIDEO] – Targatocn.it

Citroën 2cv is not just a car, it is a symbol of freedom, ingenuity and lifestyle. Therefore, Knows it well Franco Grossothe highest Italian expert of this model. Similarly. Nevertheless. Moreover, president of the Citroën 2cv club and derivatives and Italy who, in Beinette, gave birth to a special place: the “small museum of Grosso”, a temple dedicated to the legendary two horses, full of unique specimens, curious stories and original inventions.

We went to find him to make us tell his extraordinary adventure on four wheels (but not only). In addition, made of passion, creativity and a love never “i would like transmit passion new finished for a car that has become legend.

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A passion for a lifetime long, when did the spark broke out with the 2cv?&#13. Consequently. In addition. Moreover,

“I have always been linked to the brand Citroën, for which I “i would like transmit passion started working as a young man, in 1967, at the International Auto headquarters in Armando in Cuneo and I was tied all my life. Consequently, In 1991. In addition. However. Similarly, a year after the stop of the 2CV production, we founded the first Italian club that could continue to preserve the myth of this car, which has become an icon, but marked a lifestyle. In addition, So the Citroën 2CV club and derivatives Italy which has come to have over “i would like transmit passion new 5 thousand members. Similarly, A passion that has always been there “. Furthermore,

Was his first car a 2CV?&#13. Moreover. Meanwhile.

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“Actually no, the first I guided, even if I still didn’t have a license – ride – I am ashamed a little to tell it, it was always a Dyane 6. Moreover, When I achieved my license I bought a 2cv. Similarly, I had taken “i would like transmit passion it from a veterinarian. Moreover, it was gray, but I was young and I was already the coachbuilder so I replied immediately red “.

A job is first of all a passion and that also “i would like transmit passion new gave birth to a museum …&#13.

“Yes. here in our headquarters in Beinette. we have created the ‘small museum of Grosso’, free and open to everyone, where you can admire different types of 2cv, but also models, advertising curiosities that have been made over the years and beyond”. &#13.

Here are “i would like transmit passion among the various models on display there is a very particular one. a 2CV that has only 3 kilometers, why?

“I bought it as an art collector would buy a picasso: to keep it, not to use it. I took it to keep it as a picture: I never used it. I brought it from Borgo Gesso. “i would like transmit passion from the Armando headquarters. on the trolley to home, so that it had only the mileage of the technical tests”.

Many models, many stories, but does it have an “i would like transmit passion new absolute favorite?&#13.

“Mine. the 2nd spring. which takes its name from the color of the bodywork, but the ‘gem’ of this museum is the citroën 2cv Sahara who is a nap of origin “.

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Of ideas has had many over the years. among the last ones that of Shape a 2cv with pedals. attached to a hot air balloonbut what was the craziest initiative, the first …&#13.

“My first madness was to create a 2CV with the suspensions of the DS: I put the hydropneumatic suspension. a suitable engine. Then I thought it also needed to give a new name to the car. so I shot “i would like transmit “i would like transmit passion new passion the 6 and the 2cv9 was born”.

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There was also a tribute to the circuit that hosts the most famous endurance race in the world …

“Yes, the story of this 2cv, which we called the Mans, has a curious story. A few years ago buying a car stock “i would like transmit passion had also offered me a frame. with 2CV engine. The frame was tubular like that of the prototypes for uphill race. then I discovered that it was Jean Rondeau. a pilot who ran to Le Mans, but despite the research we could not understand how the body could be. Inspired by a model, he designed the model we made: the front is “i would like transmit passion new in metal and the rear fiber one “.

In the museum, however, you can also admire a Citroën motorcycle, a unique piece …

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“The 2CV motorcycle intrigues many, because Citroën never built it. Additionally, I thought of creating it when they had made the first scrapping campaign.
I tried to use as much parts. components of the 2CV as much as possible: the only foreign pieces are the handlebar. the saddle, the “i would like transmit passion tank and the tubes of the frame – which are water pipes.
All the rest is of the 2CV “.

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Grosso is a volcano of ideas, because it also has in mind to create a 2CV Hovercraft …

“It is an engine of a deltaplano, derived from the 2nd. I bought and studied books, my idea was to make a Mehari Hovercraft. I have all the pieces, I hope to succeed in the company”.

But 007, however, guides “i would like transmit passion the 2cv?&#13.

“In October 1981 in France. immediately after the “i would like transmit passion release of the film. they had presented a yellow 2cv 007, used by Roger Moore and Carole Bouquet “i would like transmit passion new in a crazy chase in the land of Spain in the film” Only for your eyes “, the 12th chapter of the series of the films of James Bond. It was produced only in 500 specimens. a limited series. a few years ago. Ciroën Italia had contact me, knowing that I owned one, to appear in the dedicated calendar.

The desire would now be to visit schools, from middle school to the professional ones …

“My desire would be to be able to welcome the schools visiting us, the museum is free. Moreover, I would like to pass on to the new generations what I know about the engines. on the 2CVs. why aspects that “i would like transmit passion they “i would like transmit passion were already modern then continue. to “i would like transmit passion new be always current”.