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Citroën Méhari - the front and rear bumpers look home-made to me. They must weigh the car down quite a lot... 144,953 Méharis were built between 1968 and 1988. A méhari is a type of fast-running dromedary camel, which can be used for racing or transport. A méhariste was a French Armée d'Afrique and Army of the Levant cavalryman that used these camels. The Méhari was based on the Citroën Dyane 6, and had a body made of ABS plastic with a soft-top. It also employed the 602 cc flat twin gasoline engine shared with the 2CV6 and Citroën Ami. A four-wheel drive version of the Méhari was produced from 1980 to 1983 and had excellent off-road qualities, due to the lightness of the vehicle (the standard Méhari weighs just 570 kg (1,300 lb)) and the interconnected fully independent long-travel 2CV suspension used by all of the Citroën 'A-Series' vehicles. For a full description of the suspension, see Citroën 2CV. Military use: - France: The French Army used Méharis modified to have 24 V electric power. - Ireland: The Citroën Méhari also was in service with the Irish Defence Forces and had a total of 12 machines purchased in the late 1970s, most were sold at auction about 1985, but one is retained at the DFTC in the Curragh Camp, County Kildare, Ireland. US import: The Méhari was sold in the United States for one year, 1970, where the vehicle was classified as a truck. As trucks had far more lenient National Highway Traffic Safety Administration safety standards than passenger cars in the US, the Méhari did not have seat belts. Only 214 Méharis were sold in 1970. One was featured in a brief scene with Charlton Heston in the 1971 film The Omega Man. Distinctions for the US-model included: - Altered front with 7" sealed-beam headlamps and special indicator/side-lamps with flat tops. - Special boot (trunk) lid with room for US registration plate and a lamp (Lucas) either side of it. - Straight rear bumper. - Two-speed wiper motor. - Reversing lights. - Hexagonal yellow "cats eyes" on front and rear sides. South America: The Mehari sold in Argentina had a fibreglass body and not ABS. The car was produced in Uruguay from 1971 to 1979. After Citroën left Argentina following the collapse of the economy in the late 1970s, the production of the Mehari, renamed the "Mehari Ranger" with flared wheel arches and big tires, continued for some time. |
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| Source | Capbreton, Landes - France |
| Author | Mic from Reading - Berkshire, United Kingdom |
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