1964 CITROEN 2 CV Sahara AZ 4/4
Chassis 0000678
Bodywork 0005 000028
Engine 05300029
Rear engine 05300022
French registration document
- Good general condition
- Exciting car
- Same family since 1978
- Matching Numbers
- Many period accessories
- Rare configuration

The Citroën 2CV should have been released in 1939 but the Second World War forced the French manufacturer to delay the release of its very cheap car. During the war, Citroën continued to develop its project. It was not until 1948 that the 2CV was officially presented to the public and the press. The public was initially disoriented. The new small popular car was quickly nicknamed "the sardine box". The characteristics are simple: 4 doors, 4 seats, 60 km/h, 5 liters per 100 km, 50 kg of luggage.
The idea of the Sahara is not due to Citroën but to Maurice Bonafous (aeronautical engineer reconverted in Public Works). He was looking for a simpler and more economical alternative to the Jeep. Thus he developed in 1955 an ingenious 4x4 system based on the addition of a second engine at the rear. Completed in February 1955, this twin-engine 2CV was tested by Citroën engineers in 1956. Convinced of the demand for a small 4x4 on the colonial market, Citroën launched series production of this new model in 1958 under the type AW and with the commercial name SAHARA.
In October 1961, the car was received at the Mines under the AZ 4/4 type and continued its career without major modifications until 1967. The model we are offering you is exceptional, in fact it has belonged to the same family for over 50 years. The current owner of the car told us that this Sahara was used in the first part of its life in Mende in Lozère, a town where it was sold new. It was then acquired in the 1970s by the Citroën dealership in Grenoble Ricoux Citroën. Indeed, at that time, Saharas were still popular in steep regions. It was at this time that it was acquired by the grandfather of the current owner, mayor of a small town in Isère and manager of a quarry. In 1982, he registered it in his own name. In the early 1990s, it entered a lo