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Mr Unhinged
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Joined: July 17th, 2012, 10:56 pm
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Location: Slaaagh, Burks, Englund
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 Re: Early Ami baron_matt wrote: Re the rear lights, the units are quite easy to swap over, strangely the yoghurt pot earlier ones are harder to find so you'll probably be able to track the later ones down no bother. On the Ami 6 Saloon, sometimes the roof was left unpainted just the bear gelcoat a bit like the larger Citroen ID and so the inside would glow on a sunny day  . Is there a round disc riveted to the bulkhead anywhere with a 3 digit number starting with AC? This will be the Paint code and will tell you the original colour the car was. Nice one. Interesting,So what type of rear lights is it supposed to have out of interest? If its the late 2cv units it aint going to happen  As for the roof that is also a possibility. It is as said a really light lemony yellow underneath. Yup there is a little round disc under the bonnet , I will have a look in the daylight  Thanks for the info so far, today has been a school day. I am currently looking through my selection of Door cards and working out which ones will make the best set, I think i have 2 complete sets here but one set is very warped and the other appears to be a good quality repro set but without cutouts for the doorpulls. Dont worry though i wont be throwing anything out
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Russell
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Joined: November 29th, 2008, 10:05 pm
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Re: Early Ami Funny how we always think of the lights as late 2cv lights when they're really ami lights, as they were fitted to ami6s years before they ever turned up on 2cvs.
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Mr Unhinged
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Re: Early Ami Russell wrote: Funny how we always think of the lights as late 2cv lights when they're really ami lights, as they were fitted to ami6s years before they ever turned up on 2cvs. Didnt know that either...Im still clinging onto my Yogurt pots though MINE MINE MINE GRRRR Im guessing whoever changed them did it for asthetic reasons and I will freely admit it was one of the first things that drew me to the car. If I changed them to anything else it would be the more domey ones. Or Psst dont tell baronMatt  a set of 59 Caddy Bullet ones
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samfieldhouse
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Location: Chichester, West Sussex
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Re: Early Ami Ami 6's changed from 'yoghurt pots' in 1966. Along with, I think, the change to 12v electrics. I'm guessing yours has been converted at some point in its life?  You have the later (more powerful) engine - 26bhp, helped enormously by the bigger 40 carb. Interestingly, you seem to have the Dyane version of the carb (with long tubes on top). Also that's a trafficlutch carb, so if the trafficlutch is fitted, it will be a lovely drive.
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samfieldhouse
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Re: Early Ami Oh and by the way - you've hit the money there. Looking back at the pics that is a gorgeous car!
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lpgo
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Location: NL
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Re: Early Ami Iv'e got one with yogurt pots from febr. 63
there are more diffrences to later ami's
front out of 2 parts instead of 3
V-grill instead of (=====)
no shockabsorbers only friction-absorbers like old 2cv have.
other airfliter (looks like a streamlined cycle-helmet) (sorry for my shit explenation)
standing pedalset inestead of hanging once
white dahsboard instead of black.
Mine is a confort version frontbench is positioned in a frame which can slide
economic version is hooked up to the floor like a 2cv.
there are more changes over the years some of them I know...
' 61 no slide backwindows
bootlid can be opend only from inside the car (pull thingy at right C pilar)
' 62 rainstrips at top frontdoors pop-rivettet
' mid 63 shockabsorbers
' model-year '64 backlights tits (well you now what I mean)
Belgium cars have doubletits packed together backlits and parklights on B pilar
stronger engine other airfilter (boxlike)
' 65 black dashboard
' 66 12 volt
' 67 2cv engine (as Russel said its the otherway round ami engine which fittet later in 2cv......
Well out off my head so might be wrong here or there...
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baron_matt
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Joined: January 24th, 2010, 12:22 am
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Re: Early Ami Mr Unhinged wrote: baron_matt wrote: Re the rear lights, the units are quite easy to swap over, strangely the yoghurt pot earlier ones are harder to find so you'll probably be able to track the later ones down no bother. On the Ami 6 Saloon, sometimes the roof was left unpainted just the bear gelcoat a bit like the larger Citroen ID and so the inside would glow on a sunny day . Is there a round disc riveted to the bulkhead anywhere with a 3 digit number starting with AC? This will be the Paint code and will tell you the original colour the car was. Nice one. Interesting,So what type of rear lights is it supposed to have out of interest? If its the late 2cv units it aint going to happen As for the roof that is also a possibility. It is as said a really light lemony yellow underneath. Yup there is a little round disc under the bonnet , I will have a look in the daylight Thanks for the info so far, today has been a school day. I am currently looking through my selection of Door cards and working out which ones will make the best set, I think i have 2 complete sets here but one set is very warped and the other appears to be a good quality repro set but without cutouts for the doorpulls. Dont worry though i wont be throwing anything out Nipple rear lights post 64 -> see here   
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baron_matt
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Re: Early Ami
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Mr Unhinged
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Location: Slaaagh, Burks, Englund
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Re: Early Ami samfieldhouse wrote: Ami 6's changed from 'yoghurt pots' in 1966. Along with, I think, the change to 12v electrics. I'm guessing yours has been converted at some point in its life? You have the later (more powerful) engine - 26bhp, helped enormously by the bigger 40 carb. Interestingly, you seem to have the Dyane version of the carb (with long tubes on top). Also that's a trafficlutch carb, so if the trafficlutch is fitted, it will be a lovely drive. Ah right, more things to check out at the weekend. Thanks for the info Sam. It seems to be a bit of a mongrel then, Suits me fine. I am slowly learning what I have, I am actually enjoying its wrongness... Trafficlutch you say Time to Google
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Mr Unhinged
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Re: Early Ami samfieldhouse wrote: Oh and by the way - you've hit the money there. Looking back at the pics that is a gorgeous car! Thanks I like it Its a bit me, a bit frilly round the edges, a bit wrong, very odd.
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