As I wrote in the "new arrival" topic, I open a new one for the Citroën 2cv.

For Meccano, it's the third version produce, numbered 500.

On the first photo below there are four items : on the left, the grey and the blue body are "made in France".  On the right, the grey body is "made in Spain" and the petrol blue is a "made in Spain" by PILEN model !

Little story about the PILEN model in my collection : few years ago, in my parents home, I found in a chest of drawers a Citroën 2cv box (see the first photo of boxes : it's the one on the top, marked "made in Spain")

When I opened it, I was very surprised to find a Pilen model  !!!! New mystery.

I suppose that it was to verify that the new box and the next Citroën "made in Spain" fitted together ! Other idea is welcome !

The boxes are very similar but, on one small tongue the red printed inscriptions are different.

Photo 4 : the base plates

Photo 5 : a small shade of colour : more grey for the french and more beige for the spanish

Photo 6 :Dinky against Pilen : seats and steering-wheels

Just a word on the 011500 reference : when Citroën changed the look of the front lights, Meccano followed !

The body and the base-plate are identical to the 500 "made in Spain".

That's all folks

Friendly yours

Richard